{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.