Bis{µ-(2,2′-bipyridine-1κ2N,N′)-(6,6′-dicarbonyl-1κ2O,O′:2κO′)bis(N,N-diethylthioureato-2κS)}(acetato-1κO)(µ-acetato-1κO:2-κO′)(methanol-2κO)thoriumnickel

Reactions of 2,2′-bipyridine-6,6′-dicarbonyl-bis(N,N-diethylthiourea), H2Lbipy, with a mixture of thorium nitrate hydrate and nickel acetate hydrate in methanol with NEt3 as a supporting base yield brown single crystals of the bimetallic complex [ThNi(Lbipy)2(CH3COO)2(MeOH)]. Two 2,2′-bipyridine-centered bis(aroylthioureato) ligands connect the metal atoms in a way that the thorium atom is coordinated by two O,N,N,O donor atom sets, while the nickel atom establishes two S,O chelate rings in its equatorial coordination plane. The metal atoms are connected by a bridging acetato ligand, and their coordination spheres are completed by one methanol ligand (nickel) and a monodentate acetato ligand (thorium). A distorted octahedral coordination environment is established around the Ni2+ ion, while the Th4+ ion is in first approximation a 10-coordinate with a diffusely defined coordination polyhedron.