Crystal structure of bis(4-benzoylpyridine-κN)bis(methanol-κO)bis(thiocyanato-κN)nickel(II) methanol monosolvate

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Ni(NCS)2(C12H9NO)2(CH3OH)2]·CH3OH, comprises one NiII cation, two thio­cyanate anions, two 4-benzoyl­pyridine coligands, two coordinating, as well as one non-coordinating methanol mol­ecule. The NiII cation is coordinated by two terminally N-bonded thio­cyanate anions, the N atoms of two 4-benzoyl­pyridine coligands and the O atoms of two methanol ligands within a slightly distorted octa­hedron. Individual complexes are linked by inter­molecular O—H⋯S hydrogen bonding into chains parallel to [010] that are further connected into layers parallel to (10\overline{1}) by C—H⋯S hydrogen bonds. Additional C—H⋯O hydrogen-bonding inter­actions lead to the formation of a three-dimensional network that limits channels extending parallel to [010] in which the non-coordinating methanol mol­ecules are located. They are hydrogen-bonded to the coordinating methanol mol­ecules. X-ray powder diffraction revealed that the compound could not be prepared as a pure phase.