Bis{4-methylbenzyl 2-[4-(propan-2-yl)benzyl­idene]hydrazine­carbodi­thio­ato-κ(2) N (2),S}nickel(II): crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis

The complete mol­ecule of the title hydrazine carbodi­thio­ate complex, [Ni(C(19)H(21)N(2)S(2))(2)], is generated by the application of a centre of inversion. The Ni(II) atom is N,S-chelated by two hydrazinecarbodi­thio­ate ligands, which provide a trans-N(2)S(2) donor set that defines a distorted square-planar geometry. The conformation of the five-membered chelate ring is an envelope with the Ni(II) atom being the flap atom. In the crystal, p-tolyl-C—H⋯π(benzene-(i)Pr), (i)Pr-C—H⋯π(p-tol­yl) and π–π inter­actions [between p-tolyl rings with inter-centroid distance = 3.8051 (12) Å] help to consolidate the three-dimensional architecture. The analysis of the Hirshfeld surface confirms the importance of H-atom contacts in establishing the packing.