Crystal structure of bis(3,5-dimethylpyridine-κN)bis(methanol-κO)bis(thiocyanato-κN)cobalt(II)

• Main Authors: Stefan Suckert, Inke Jess, Christian Näther
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: International Union of Crystallography 2016-12-01
• Series: Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications
• Subjects: crystal structure; cobalt(II) thiocyanate complex; 3,5-dimethylpyridine ligand; hydrogen bonding
• Online Access: http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S2056989016018326

The asymmetric unit of the title complex, [Co(NCS)2(C7H9N)2(CH3OH)2], comprises of one CoII cation located on a centre of inversion, one thiocyanate ligand, one methanol ligand and one 3,5-dimethylpyridine ligand. The CoII cation is octahedrally coordinated by two terminal N-bonding thiocyanate anions, two methanol molecules and two 3,5-dimethylpyridine ligands into a discrete complex. The complex molecules are linked by intermolecular O—H...S hydrogen bonding into chains that elongate in the direction parallel to the b axis.