Tetraaquadithiocyanatonickel(II) tetrakis(2-amino-4,6-dimethylpyrimidine) dihydrate.

In the title complex, [Ni(NCS)2(H2O)4]·4C6H9N3·2H2O, the nickel(II) ion occupies an inversion centre and is octahedrally coordinated by two N-bonded thio­cyanate ions and four water mol­ecules. The two distinct 2-amino-4,6-di­methyl­pyrimidine mol­ecules adopt distinct base-pairing dimerization patterns via different pairs of N—H⋯N bonds. They are also hydrogen bonded to the coordinated and uncoordinated water mol­ecules and thio­cyanate ions through O—H⋯O, O—H⋯S(thio­cyanate) and N—H⋯N(thio­cyanate) hydrogen bonds. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]