A Straightforward Synthesis of Diverse Nickel Dithiolene Complexes Appended with Hydrogen-Bond Donor/Acceptor Groups

Nickel dithiolene complexes symmetrically appended with hydrogen-bond donor/acceptor functionalities such as imide, amide, or cyano/amide groups have been synthesized by a straightforward method
of wide applicability starting from one single precursor. Single-crystal X-ray structures reveal the occurrence of one type of ribbon
common to all compounds that is based on a recurrent self-complementary intermolecular hydrogen-bonded ring motif linking
the symmetrically substituted complexes.