{4,4',6,6'-Tetra-iodo-2,2'-[(2,2-dimethyl-propane-1,3-di-yl)bis-(nitrilo-methanylyl-idene)]diphenolato}nickel(II).

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Ni(C(19)H(16)I(4)N(2)O(2))], comprises half of a Schiff base complex. The Ni(II) atom is located on a twofold rotation axis which also bis-ects the central C atom of the 2,2-dimethyl-propane group of the ligand. The geometry around the Ni(II) atom is distorted square-planar, with a dihedral angle of 21.7 (3)° between the symmetry-related N/Ni/O coordination planes. The dihedral angle between the symmetry-related benzene rings is 27.9 (3)°. In the crystal, short inter-molecular I⋯I [3.8178 (9) and 3.9013 (10) Å] inter-actions are present.

{4,4',6,6'-Tetra-iodo-2,2'-[2,2-dimethyl-propane-1,3-diylbis(nitrilo-methanylyl-idene)]diphenolato}copper(II).

In the title compound, [Cu(C(19)H(16)I(4)N(2)O(2))], the Cu(II) atom and the substituted C atom of the diamine segment lie on a crystallographic twofold rotation axis. The geometry around the Cu(II) atom is distorted square-planar, which is supported by the N(2)O(2) donor atoms of the coordinated Schiff base. The dihedral angle between the symmetry-related substituted benzene rings is 29.40 (19)°. In the crystal, a short I⋯I [3.8766 (6) Å] contact is present and links neighbouring mol-ecules into chains propagating along the a axis.

2-((E)-{3-[(E)-2-Hy-droxy-3,5-diiodo-benzyl-idene-amino]-2,2-dimethyl-prop-yl}imino-meth-yl)-4,6-diiodo-phenol.

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C(19)H(18)I(4)N(2)O(2), comprises a potentially tetra-dentate Schiff base ligand. The disordered H atoms on the N and O atoms were refined with site occupancies of 0.54 (8)/0.46 (8) and 0.59 (7)/0.41 (7), respectively. The dihedral angle between the benzene rings is 73.3 (3)°. Intra-molecular O-H⋯N and N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds make S(6) ring motifs. Short I⋯I [3.8919 (7) Å] and I⋯Cg [Cg is a ring centroid; 3.911 (2) Å] contacts are present in the crystal structure. The crystal structure is further stabilized by inter-molecular π-π inter-actions [centroid-to-centroid distance = 3.827 (3) Å].