Interpenetrating nets in cis-bis(pyridine-4-carboxylate)nickel(II)

The title compound, [Ni(C6H4NO2)(2)], crystallized in a three-dimensional framework consisting of three interpenetrating diamond-like nets. The Ni atom is on a twofold axis, the coordination is '(O-2)(2)N-2' in a cis arrangement and the ligands are bridging.