Crystal structure of (15,20-bis­(2,3,4,5,6-penta­fluoro­phen­yl)-5,10-{(pyridine-3,5-di­yl)bis­[(sulfane­diyl­methyl­ene)[1,1′-biphen­yl]-4′,2-di­yl]}porph­yrin­ato)nickel(II) di­chloro­methane x-solvate (x > 1/2) showing a rare CN5 coordination

The crystal structure of the title compound, [Ni(C(63)H(31)F(10)N(5)S(2))]·xCH(2)Cl(2) (x > 1/2), consists of Ni–porphyrin complexes that are located in general positions and di­chloro­methane solvent mol­ecules that are disordered around centers of inversion. The Ni(II) ions are in a square-pyramidal (CN5) coordination, with four porphyrin N atoms in the equatorial and a pyridine N atom in the apical position and are shifted out of the porphyrine N(4) plane towards the coordinating pyridine N atom. The pyridine substituent is not exactly perpendicular to the N(4) plane with an angle of inter­section between the planes planes of 80.48 (6)°. The di­chloro­methane solvent mol­ecules are hydrogen bonded to one of the four porphyrine N atoms. Two complexes are linked into dimers by two symmetry-equivalent C—H⋯S hydrogen bonds. These dimers are closely packed, leading to cavities in which additional di­chloro­methane solvent mol­ecules are embedded. These solvent mol­ecules are disordered and because no reasonable split model was found, the data were corrected for disordered solvent using the PLATON SQUEEZE routine [Spek (2015 ▸). Acta Cryst. C71, 9–18].