mer-Tris(1H-benzotriazole-kappa N)(pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylato-kappa(3) N,O,O ‘) nickel(II)

The title complex, [Ni(C7H3NO4)(C6H5N3)(3)], has been prepared hydrothermally. Three neutral monodentate benzotriazole ligands occupy meridional sites about the octahedrally coordinated nickel(II) cation. The remaining sites are occupied by the N and two O atoms of a tridentate pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylate dianion.