Crystal structure and Hirshfeld surfaces analysis of the nickel(II) complex of the Shiff base ligand 6,6′-{(1E,1′E)-[ethane-1,2-diylbis(azanylylidene)]bis(methanylylidene)}bis[2-(trifluoromethoxy)phenol]

In the title complex, (6,6′-{(1E,1′E)-[ethane-1,2-diylbis(aza­nylyl­idene)]bis(methanylyl­idene)}bis­[2-(tri­fluoro­meth­oxy)phenol]-κ4O,N,N′,O′)nickel(II), [Ni(C18H12F6N2O4)], the nickel(II) ion has a square-planar coordination sphere, being ligated by two N and two O atoms of the Schiff base ligand 6,6′-{(1E,1′E)-[ethane-1,2-diylbis(aza­nylyl­idene)]bis­(methanylyl­idene)}bis­[2-(tri­fluoro­meth­oxy)phenol] (L). Inversion-related mol­ecules are linked by a short Ni⋯Ni inter­action of 3.2945 (6) A forming a dimer. In the crystal, the dimers stack up the a axis, with a closest Ni⋯Ni separation of ca 3.791 A. There are no other significant inter­molecular inter­actions present. However, the Hirshfeld surface analysis and the two-dimensional fingerprint plots indicate that the packing is dominated by H⋯F/F⋯H, H⋯H, O⋯H/H⋯O and C⋯H/H⋯C contacts.