Acta Cryst. (2008). E64, m1328-m1329  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536808030341 ]

cis-Dichloridobis(1,10-phenanthroline)cobalt(II) dimethylformamide solvate

S.-L. Cai, S.-M. Ying, H. Li and Y. Chen

Abstract: In the title complex, [CoCl₂(C₁₂H₈N₂)₂]·C₃H₇NO, which has twofold rotation symmetry, the Co^II cation is coordinated by two 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) molecules and two chloride ligands in a distorted octahedral geometry. In the crystal structure, a cavity is created by six complex molecules connected by C-H interactions and non-classical C-HCl hydrogen bonds. The cavities are occupied by the disordered dimethylformamide solvent molecule. The C and N atoms of the C-N bond in the solvent molecule also lie on a crystallographic twofold rotation axis; the remaining atoms of the solvent are statistically disordered (ratio 0.5:0.5) about this axis.

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