A complex, NiL(Phen)2(H2O)5 (Phen=1,10 phenanthroline; L=malonate), has been synthesized and chara-cterized. Single crystal X-ray structural determination has been carried out for the complex, the crystal is triclinic system, space group P1 with a=1.042 4(4) nm, b=1.061 2(4) nm, c=1.303 8(5) nm, α=85.784(4)°, β=77.232(3)°, γ=72.879(4)°, Mr=611.24, V=1.344 2(8) nm3, Z=2. In this complex, the central metal Ni(Ⅱ) atom is in distorted octa-hedron coordination environment. The molecule is extended to 2D network by the intermolecular π-π stacking interaction.
