Crystal structure of di­aqua­bis­(2-chloro­pyridine-κN)bis­(thio­cyanato-κN)nickel(II)

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Ni(NCS)(2)(C(5)H(4)ClN)(2)(H(2)O)(2)], consists of one nickel(II) cation that is located on a center of inversion and one thio­cyanate anion, one water mol­ecule and one 2-chloro­pyridine ligand all occupying general positions. The Ni(II) cation is octa­hedrally coordinated by two terminal N-bound thio­cyanato ligands, two aqua ligands and two N-bound 2-chloro­pyridine ligands into discrete complexes. Individual complexes are linked by inter­molecular O—H⋯S and O—H⋯Cl hydrogen-bonding inter­actions into a layered network extending parallel to the bc plane. Weak inter­actions of types C—H⋯S and C—H⋯Cl consolidate the crystal packing.