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The title complex, [NiCl2(bipy)2].CH3OH, where bipy is 2,2-bipyridine (C10H8N2), consists of an Ni atom coordinated to two cis chlorides and two bidentate bipyridines. One molecule of methanol is hydrogen bonded to one of the two inequivalent chlorides.
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