1,4,10,13-Tetrathia-7,16-diazacycloocta- decanenickel(II) Nitrate Hydrate

The title compound, [Ni(C12H26NzS4)](NO3)z.H20, displays distorted octahedral coordination at the Ni atom with two almost planar S--N--S donor moieties normal to each other. The S atoms are in the equatorial plane, with the N atoms axial. The principal distances are NiS 2.403 (3)-2.445 (3) and Ni--N 2.069 (8)-2.118 (8) A,.