Acta Cryst. (2009). E65, m188-m189 [ doi:10.1107/S160053680900083X ]
The title compound, [Co(C22H18N2O4)]·2CH2Cl2, was isolated from the reaction of N,N'(o-phenylene)bis(vanillalimine) (H2L) with Co(SCN)2. The crystal structure contains a CoII ion surrounded by the L2- ligand in a slightly distorted square-planar fashion. Intermolecular C-H
O hydrogen-bonding contacts between the dichloromethane solvent molecules and the methoxy or carboxylate O atoms are observed in the crystal structure. The planar complex molecules stack through inversion related
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interactions between the six-membered rings of the vanillalimine half ligands. The distance between centroids is 3.498 (2) Å and the perpendicular distance is 3.345 Å. A partial stacking is observed with a centroid-centroid distance of 3.830 (2) Å, a perpendicular distance of 3.350 Å and a slippage of 1.856 Å.
To a dichloromethane solution (10 ml) containing H2L (0.1 mmol, 42.7 mg) placed at the bottom of a glass tube, a methanol solution (10 ml) containing Co(SCN)2 (0.1 mmol, 17.6 mg) was added quietly. After standing for two weeks at room temperature, brown brick crystals of (I) suitable for X-ray analysis were obtained.
All H atoms were positioned geometrically and treated as riding [C—H = 0.95 Å, 0.98 Å and 0.99 Å, and Uiso(H)= 1.2Ueq(C)].
Data collection: CrystalClear (Rigaku/MSC, 2007); cell refinement: CrystalClear (Rigaku/MSC, 2007); data reduction: CrystalStructure (Rigaku/MSC, 2007); program(s) used to solve structure: SIR97 (Altomare et al., 1999); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: ORTEPII (Johnson, 1976); software used to prepare material for publication: CrystalStructure (Rigaku/MSC, 2007).
| Fig. 1. The molecular structure of (I), with the atom-numbering scheme, showing 50% probability displacement ellipsoids. |
| [Co(C22H18N2O4)]·2CH2Cl2 | F(000) = 1228.00 |
| Mr = 603.19 | Dx = 1.609 Mg m−3 |
| Monoclinic, P21/a | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71070 Å |
| Hall symbol: -P 2yab | Cell parameters from 6959 reflections |
| a = 13.309 (6) Å | θ = 3.1–27.5° |
| b = 14.088 (6) Å | µ = 1.15 mm−1 |
| c = 14.101 (6) Å | T = 150 K |
| β = 109.676 (6)° | Block, brown |
| V = 2489.4 (19) Å3 | 0.50 × 0.30 × 0.10 mm |
| Z = 4 |
| Rigaku Mercury diffractometer | 5100 reflections with F2 > 2σ(F2) |
| Detector resolution: 7.31 pixels mm-1 | Rint = 0.040 |
| ω scans | θmax = 27.5° |
| Absorption correction: multi-scan (REQAB; Jacobson, 1998) | h = −17→17 |
| Tmin = 0.764, Tmax = 0.891 | k = −18→17 |
| 28457 measured reflections | l = −18→18 |
| 5677 independent reflections |
| Refinement on F2 | H-atom parameters constrained |
| R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.046 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0308P)2 + 1.9552P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
| wR(F2) = 0.089 | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
| S = 1.15 | Δρmax = 0.53 e Å−3 |
| 5677 reflections | Δρmin = −0.66 e Å−3 |
| 317 parameters |
| [Co(C22H18N2O4)]·2CH2Cl2 | V = 2489.4 (19) Å3 |
| Mr = 603.19 | Z = 4 |
| Monoclinic, P21/a | Mo Kα radiation |
| a = 13.309 (6) Å | µ = 1.15 mm−1 |
| b = 14.088 (6) Å | T = 150 K |
| c = 14.101 (6) Å | 0.50 × 0.30 × 0.10 mm |
| β = 109.676 (6)° |
| Rigaku Mercury diffractometer | 5677 independent reflections |
| Absorption correction: multi-scan (REQAB; Jacobson, 1998) | 5100 reflections with F2 > 2σ(F2) |
| Tmin = 0.764, Tmax = 0.891 | Rint = 0.040 |
| 28457 measured reflections | θmax = 27.5° |
| R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.046 | H-atom parameters constrained |
| wR(F2) = 0.089 | Δρmax = 0.53 e Å−3 |
| S = 1.15 | Δρmin = −0.66 e Å−3 |
| 5677 reflections | Absolute structure: ? |
| 317 parameters | Flack parameter: ? |
| ? restraints | Rogers parameter: ? |
Geometry. The planar CoII complex has non-crystallographic mm2 symmetry. |
Refinement. Refinement was performed using all reflections. The weighted R-factor (wR) and goodness of fit (S) are based on F2. R-factor (gt) are based on F. The threshold expression of F2 > 2.0 σ(F2) is used only for calculating R-factor (gt). |
| x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
| Co1 | 0.13131 (2) | 0.19517 (2) | 0.52772 (2) | 0.01696 (7) | |
| Cl1 | 0.44427 (5) | 0.14026 (5) | 0.68960 (5) | 0.03951 (16) | |
| Cl2 | 0.47220 (7) | 0.09420 (8) | 0.89664 (6) | 0.0672 (2) | |
| Cl3 | 0.21820 (7) | 0.13146 (7) | 0.96127 (7) | 0.0621 (2) | |
| Cl4 | −0.00594 (6) | 0.12289 (5) | 0.83886 (6) | 0.04414 (17) | |
| O1 | 0.17603 (12) | 0.26802 (11) | 0.64445 (11) | 0.0208 (3) | |
| O2 | 0.16176 (12) | 0.08953 (10) | 0.61189 (11) | 0.0208 (3) | |
| O3 | 0.24984 (13) | 0.33830 (12) | 0.82700 (11) | 0.0269 (3) | |
| O4 | 0.21621 (14) | −0.03363 (12) | 0.75913 (12) | 0.0310 (3) | |
| N1 | 0.09468 (14) | 0.30090 (13) | 0.44144 (13) | 0.0186 (3) | |
| N2 | 0.09571 (14) | 0.12300 (13) | 0.40921 (13) | 0.0186 (3) | |
| C1 | 0.05949 (17) | 0.27635 (16) | 0.33749 (16) | 0.0202 (4) | |
| C2 | 0.06502 (17) | 0.17945 (16) | 0.32009 (16) | 0.0207 (4) | |
| C3 | 0.04319 (19) | 0.14651 (18) | 0.22208 (17) | 0.0277 (5) | |
| C4 | 0.0107 (2) | 0.2098 (2) | 0.14228 (18) | 0.0329 (5) | |
| C5 | −0.00149 (19) | 0.3053 (2) | 0.15966 (18) | 0.0315 (5) | |
| C6 | 0.02351 (19) | 0.33956 (18) | 0.25698 (18) | 0.0273 (5) | |
| C7 | 0.10471 (17) | 0.39009 (16) | 0.46840 (17) | 0.0218 (4) | |
| C8 | 0.14351 (17) | 0.42339 (16) | 0.56916 (17) | 0.0210 (4) | |
| C9 | 0.14867 (19) | 0.52326 (16) | 0.58418 (19) | 0.0271 (5) | |
| C10 | 0.1866 (2) | 0.56020 (17) | 0.6785 (2) | 0.0301 (5) | |
| C11 | 0.22151 (19) | 0.49922 (17) | 0.76248 (19) | 0.0279 (5) | |
| C12 | 0.21817 (17) | 0.40256 (16) | 0.74993 (17) | 0.0215 (4) | |
| C13 | 0.17848 (17) | 0.36031 (15) | 0.65197 (16) | 0.0187 (4) | |
| C14 | 0.2753 (2) | 0.3763 (2) | 0.92607 (18) | 0.0356 (6) | |
| C15 | 0.09237 (17) | 0.03043 (17) | 0.40283 (17) | 0.0226 (4) | |
| C16 | 0.12100 (17) | −0.03338 (16) | 0.48546 (17) | 0.0206 (4) | |
| C17 | 0.11515 (19) | −0.13206 (16) | 0.46470 (19) | 0.0261 (5) | |
| C18 | 0.14356 (19) | −0.19674 (17) | 0.5414 (2) | 0.0293 (5) | |
| C19 | 0.17852 (19) | −0.16544 (17) | 0.64144 (19) | 0.0270 (5) | |
| C20 | 0.18411 (18) | −0.07012 (16) | 0.66371 (17) | 0.0227 (4) | |
| C21 | 0.15525 (17) | 0.00007 (15) | 0.58599 (16) | 0.0193 (4) | |
| C22 | 0.2476 (2) | −0.09938 (19) | 0.84100 (19) | 0.0353 (6) | |
| C23 | 0.38345 (19) | 0.14048 (19) | 0.78310 (18) | 0.0298 (5) | |
| C24 | 0.1234 (2) | 0.1508 (2) | 0.8408 (2) | 0.0408 (6) | |
| H3 | 0.0505 | 0.0810 | 0.2100 | 0.033* | |
| H4 | −0.0033 | 0.1877 | 0.0754 | 0.039* | |
| H5 | −0.0272 | 0.3476 | 0.1043 | 0.038* | |
| H6 | 0.0162 | 0.4052 | 0.2687 | 0.033* | |
| H7 | 0.0844 | 0.4363 | 0.4164 | 0.026* | |
| H9 | 0.1254 | 0.5646 | 0.5277 | 0.033* | |
| H10 | 0.1896 | 0.6271 | 0.6879 | 0.036* | |
| H11 | 0.2476 | 0.5253 | 0.8284 | 0.034* | |
| H14A | 0.2969 | 0.3247 | 0.9754 | 0.043* | |
| H14B | 0.2125 | 0.4084 | 0.9323 | 0.043* | |
| H14C | 0.3339 | 0.4219 | 0.9385 | 0.043* | |
| H15 | 0.0687 | 0.0036 | 0.3372 | 0.027* | |
| H17 | 0.0912 | −0.1534 | 0.3968 | 0.031* | |
| H18 | 0.1396 | −0.2628 | 0.5268 | 0.035* | |
| H19 | 0.1986 | −0.2106 | 0.6946 | 0.032* | |
| H22A | 0.2687 | −0.0645 | 0.9049 | 0.042* | |
| H22B | 0.3081 | −0.1372 | 0.8375 | 0.042* | |
| H22C | 0.1877 | −0.1415 | 0.8368 | 0.042* | |
| H23A | 0.3633 | 0.2061 | 0.7942 | 0.036* | |
| H23B | 0.3177 | 0.1015 | 0.7605 | 0.036* | |
| H24A | 0.1258 | 0.2182 | 0.8216 | 0.049* | |
| H24B | 0.1414 | 0.1111 | 0.7908 | 0.049* |
| U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
| Co1 | 0.02030 (15) | 0.01570 (15) | 0.01475 (14) | 0.00061 (12) | 0.00574 (11) | 0.00093 (11) |
| Cl1 | 0.0392 (3) | 0.0514 (4) | 0.0337 (3) | 0.0015 (3) | 0.0199 (2) | 0.0022 (3) |
| Cl2 | 0.0516 (4) | 0.1169 (8) | 0.0295 (3) | 0.0179 (5) | 0.0088 (3) | 0.0173 (4) |
| Cl3 | 0.0503 (4) | 0.0594 (5) | 0.0615 (5) | 0.0012 (4) | −0.0009 (3) | 0.0198 (4) |
| Cl4 | 0.0392 (3) | 0.0473 (4) | 0.0512 (4) | −0.0109 (3) | 0.0223 (3) | −0.0102 (3) |
| O1 | 0.0281 (8) | 0.0165 (7) | 0.0177 (7) | 0.0011 (6) | 0.0075 (6) | 0.0001 (6) |
| O2 | 0.0258 (8) | 0.0177 (7) | 0.0178 (7) | −0.0001 (6) | 0.0062 (6) | 0.0002 (6) |
| O3 | 0.0367 (9) | 0.0249 (8) | 0.0172 (7) | 0.0024 (7) | 0.0066 (6) | −0.0028 (6) |
| O4 | 0.0449 (10) | 0.0263 (9) | 0.0203 (8) | 0.0014 (7) | 0.0089 (7) | 0.0072 (6) |
| N1 | 0.0183 (8) | 0.0200 (9) | 0.0176 (8) | 0.0018 (7) | 0.0064 (7) | 0.0030 (7) |
| N2 | 0.0185 (8) | 0.0214 (9) | 0.0160 (8) | 0.0001 (7) | 0.0059 (6) | 0.0011 (7) |
| C1 | 0.0170 (10) | 0.0269 (11) | 0.0164 (10) | −0.0008 (8) | 0.0050 (8) | 0.0029 (8) |
| C2 | 0.0172 (10) | 0.0277 (12) | 0.0168 (10) | −0.0018 (8) | 0.0051 (8) | 0.0024 (8) |
| C3 | 0.0299 (12) | 0.0314 (13) | 0.0199 (11) | −0.0034 (10) | 0.0061 (9) | −0.0020 (9) |
| C4 | 0.0300 (13) | 0.0490 (16) | 0.0174 (11) | −0.0070 (11) | 0.0049 (9) | 0.0015 (10) |
| C5 | 0.0289 (12) | 0.0431 (15) | 0.0197 (11) | −0.0016 (11) | 0.0046 (9) | 0.0106 (10) |
| C6 | 0.0264 (12) | 0.0315 (12) | 0.0236 (11) | 0.0013 (10) | 0.0077 (9) | 0.0068 (10) |
| C7 | 0.0212 (10) | 0.0225 (11) | 0.0223 (11) | 0.0021 (9) | 0.0082 (8) | 0.0062 (8) |
| C8 | 0.0193 (10) | 0.0189 (11) | 0.0269 (11) | 0.0006 (8) | 0.0104 (9) | 0.0006 (9) |
| C9 | 0.0289 (12) | 0.0197 (11) | 0.0326 (13) | 0.0016 (9) | 0.0103 (10) | 0.0029 (9) |
| C10 | 0.0347 (13) | 0.0162 (11) | 0.0401 (14) | −0.0005 (10) | 0.0135 (11) | −0.0049 (10) |
| C11 | 0.0282 (12) | 0.0244 (12) | 0.0312 (12) | −0.0008 (10) | 0.0099 (10) | −0.0094 (10) |
| C12 | 0.0205 (10) | 0.0224 (11) | 0.0230 (10) | 0.0011 (9) | 0.0090 (8) | −0.0016 (9) |
| C13 | 0.0168 (10) | 0.0188 (11) | 0.0220 (10) | 0.0008 (8) | 0.0084 (8) | −0.0006 (8) |
| C14 | 0.0459 (15) | 0.0377 (14) | 0.0208 (11) | 0.0024 (12) | 0.0078 (11) | −0.0074 (10) |
| C15 | 0.0211 (11) | 0.0250 (11) | 0.0224 (11) | −0.0022 (9) | 0.0083 (8) | −0.0042 (9) |
| C16 | 0.0183 (10) | 0.0208 (11) | 0.0236 (10) | −0.0014 (8) | 0.0084 (8) | −0.0010 (9) |
| C17 | 0.0270 (12) | 0.0207 (11) | 0.0321 (12) | −0.0029 (9) | 0.0119 (10) | −0.0066 (9) |
| C18 | 0.0299 (13) | 0.0179 (11) | 0.0429 (14) | −0.0014 (10) | 0.0162 (11) | −0.0013 (10) |
| C19 | 0.0283 (12) | 0.0192 (11) | 0.0361 (13) | 0.0025 (9) | 0.0141 (10) | 0.0089 (9) |
| C20 | 0.0205 (11) | 0.0223 (11) | 0.0267 (11) | 0.0007 (9) | 0.0099 (9) | 0.0044 (9) |
| C21 | 0.0167 (10) | 0.0169 (10) | 0.0252 (11) | 0.0004 (8) | 0.0084 (8) | 0.0011 (8) |
| C22 | 0.0393 (14) | 0.0388 (15) | 0.0277 (12) | 0.0043 (12) | 0.0109 (11) | 0.0156 (11) |
| C23 | 0.0251 (12) | 0.0379 (14) | 0.0265 (12) | −0.0005 (10) | 0.0090 (9) | −0.0011 (10) |
| C24 | 0.0342 (14) | 0.0486 (17) | 0.0425 (15) | 0.0010 (13) | 0.0169 (12) | 0.0072 (13) |
| Co1—O1 | 1.8593 (15) | C12—C13 | 1.432 (3) |
| Co1—O2 | 1.8611 (14) | C15—C16 | 1.418 (3) |
| Co1—N1 | 1.8807 (17) | C16—C17 | 1.417 (3) |
| Co1—N2 | 1.8755 (18) | C16—C21 | 1.416 (3) |
| Cl1—C23 | 1.764 (3) | C17—C18 | 1.366 (3) |
| Cl2—C23 | 1.764 (2) | C18—C19 | 1.400 (3) |
| Cl3—C24 | 1.764 (2) | C19—C20 | 1.375 (3) |
| Cl4—C24 | 1.757 (3) | C20—C21 | 1.429 (3) |
| O1—C13 | 1.304 (2) | C3—H3 | 0.950 |
| O2—C21 | 1.307 (2) | C4—H4 | 0.950 |
| O3—C12 | 1.367 (2) | C5—H5 | 0.950 |
| O3—C14 | 1.426 (2) | C6—H6 | 0.950 |
| O4—C20 | 1.367 (2) | C7—H7 | 0.950 |
| O4—C22 | 1.428 (3) | C9—H9 | 0.950 |
| N1—C1 | 1.423 (2) | C10—H10 | 0.950 |
| N1—C7 | 1.306 (2) | C11—H11 | 0.950 |
| N2—C2 | 1.426 (2) | C14—H14A | 0.980 |
| N2—C15 | 1.307 (3) | C14—H14B | 0.980 |
| C1—C2 | 1.393 (3) | C14—H14C | 0.980 |
| C1—C6 | 1.395 (3) | C15—H15 | 0.950 |
| C2—C3 | 1.393 (3) | C17—H17 | 0.950 |
| C3—C4 | 1.386 (3) | C18—H18 | 0.950 |
| C4—C5 | 1.386 (3) | C19—H19 | 0.950 |
| C5—C6 | 1.386 (3) | C22—H22A | 0.980 |
| C7—C8 | 1.418 (3) | C22—H22B | 0.980 |
| C8—C9 | 1.421 (3) | C22—H22C | 0.980 |
| C8—C13 | 1.416 (3) | C23—H23A | 0.990 |
| C9—C10 | 1.358 (3) | C23—H23B | 0.990 |
| C10—C11 | 1.409 (3) | C24—H24A | 0.990 |
| C11—C12 | 1.372 (3) | C24—H24B | 0.990 |
| O1—Co1—O2 | 86.60 (6) | O2—C21—C20 | 118.52 (19) |
| O1—Co1—N1 | 94.10 (7) | C16—C21—C20 | 116.76 (19) |
| O1—Co1—N2 | 175.97 (8) | Cl1—C23—Cl2 | 110.01 (14) |
| O2—Co1—N1 | 177.70 (7) | Cl3—C24—Cl4 | 111.07 (18) |
| O2—Co1—N2 | 94.02 (7) | C2—C3—H3 | 120.2 |
| N1—Co1—N2 | 85.43 (7) | C4—C3—H3 | 120.2 |
| Co1—O1—C13 | 127.89 (13) | C3—C4—H4 | 119.9 |
| Co1—O2—C21 | 127.82 (13) | C5—C4—H4 | 119.9 |
| C12—O3—C14 | 115.96 (18) | C4—C5—H5 | 119.7 |
| C20—O4—C22 | 117.44 (18) | C6—C5—H5 | 119.7 |
| Co1—N1—C1 | 113.43 (14) | C1—C6—H6 | 120.5 |
| Co1—N1—C7 | 126.48 (14) | C5—C6—H6 | 120.5 |
| C1—N1—C7 | 119.96 (18) | N1—C7—H7 | 117.4 |
| Co1—N2—C2 | 113.23 (14) | C8—C7—H7 | 117.4 |
| Co1—N2—C15 | 126.50 (15) | C8—C9—H9 | 119.7 |
| C2—N2—C15 | 120.19 (18) | C10—C9—H9 | 119.7 |
| N1—C1—C2 | 113.64 (18) | C9—C10—H10 | 120.1 |
| N1—C1—C6 | 125.9 (2) | C11—C10—H10 | 120.1 |
| C2—C1—C6 | 120.4 (2) | C10—C11—H11 | 119.7 |
| N2—C2—C1 | 114.06 (19) | C12—C11—H11 | 119.7 |
| N2—C2—C3 | 126.2 (2) | O3—C14—H14A | 109.5 |
| C1—C2—C3 | 119.7 (2) | O3—C14—H14B | 109.5 |
| C2—C3—C4 | 119.7 (2) | O3—C14—H14C | 109.5 |
| C3—C4—C5 | 120.3 (2) | H14A—C14—H14B | 109.5 |
| C4—C5—C6 | 120.7 (2) | H14A—C14—H14C | 109.5 |
| C1—C6—C5 | 119.1 (2) | H14B—C14—H14C | 109.5 |
| N1—C7—C8 | 125.2 (2) | N2—C15—H15 | 117.2 |
| C7—C8—C9 | 117.4 (2) | C16—C15—H15 | 117.2 |
| C7—C8—C13 | 121.8 (2) | C16—C17—H17 | 119.7 |
| C9—C8—C13 | 120.8 (2) | C18—C17—H17 | 119.7 |
| C8—C9—C10 | 120.6 (2) | C17—C18—H18 | 120.1 |
| C9—C10—C11 | 119.9 (2) | C19—C18—H18 | 120.1 |
| C10—C11—C12 | 120.6 (2) | C18—C19—H19 | 119.6 |
| O3—C12—C11 | 124.5 (2) | C20—C19—H19 | 119.6 |
| O3—C12—C13 | 113.98 (18) | O4—C22—H22A | 109.5 |
| C11—C12—C13 | 121.5 (2) | O4—C22—H22B | 109.5 |
| O1—C13—C8 | 124.51 (19) | O4—C22—H22C | 109.5 |
| O1—C13—C12 | 118.94 (18) | H22A—C22—H22B | 109.5 |
| C8—C13—C12 | 116.54 (19) | H22A—C22—H22C | 109.5 |
| N2—C15—C16 | 125.6 (2) | H22B—C22—H22C | 109.5 |
| C15—C16—C17 | 118.1 (2) | Cl1—C23—H23A | 109.7 |
| C15—C16—C21 | 121.2 (2) | Cl1—C23—H23B | 109.7 |
| C17—C16—C21 | 120.7 (2) | Cl2—C23—H23A | 109.7 |
| C16—C17—C18 | 120.6 (2) | Cl2—C23—H23B | 109.7 |
| C17—C18—C19 | 119.8 (2) | H23A—C23—H23B | 108.2 |
| C18—C19—C20 | 120.8 (2) | Cl3—C24—H24A | 109.4 |
| O4—C20—C19 | 124.5 (2) | Cl3—C24—H24B | 109.4 |
| O4—C20—C21 | 114.12 (19) | Cl4—C24—H24A | 109.4 |
| C19—C20—C21 | 121.4 (2) | Cl4—C24—H24B | 109.4 |
| O2—C21—C16 | 124.72 (19) | H24A—C24—H24B | 108.0 |
| O1—Co1—O2—C21 | −176.86 (19) | N2—C2—C3—C4 | 177.9 (2) |
| O2—Co1—O1—C13 | −178.94 (19) | C1—C2—C3—C4 | −3.4 (3) |
| O1—Co1—N1—C1 | 176.77 (15) | C2—C3—C4—C5 | −0.9 (3) |
| O1—Co1—N1—C7 | 1.0 (2) | C3—C4—C5—C6 | 3.2 (4) |
| N1—Co1—O1—C13 | −1.1 (2) | C4—C5—C6—C1 | −1.1 (3) |
| O2—Co1—N2—C2 | 179.84 (15) | N1—C7—C8—C9 | −179.9 (2) |
| O2—Co1—N2—C15 | 3.2 (2) | N1—C7—C8—C13 | 1.7 (3) |
| N2—Co1—O2—C21 | −0.85 (19) | C7—C8—C9—C10 | −178.9 (2) |
| N1—Co1—N2—C2 | 2.08 (15) | C7—C8—C13—O1 | −1.9 (3) |
| N1—Co1—N2—C15 | −174.6 (2) | C7—C8—C13—C12 | 178.6 (2) |
| N2—Co1—N1—C1 | 0.78 (16) | C9—C8—C13—O1 | 179.8 (2) |
| N2—Co1—N1—C7 | −175.0 (2) | C9—C8—C13—C12 | 0.3 (3) |
| Co1—O1—C13—C8 | 1.8 (3) | C13—C8—C9—C10 | −0.5 (3) |
| Co1—O1—C13—C12 | −178.74 (16) | C8—C9—C10—C11 | 0.2 (3) |
| Co1—O2—C21—C16 | −1.1 (3) | C9—C10—C11—C12 | 0.4 (4) |
| Co1—O2—C21—C20 | 179.16 (16) | C10—C11—C12—O3 | −179.6 (2) |
| C14—O3—C12—C11 | 7.9 (3) | C10—C11—C12—C13 | −0.6 (3) |
| C14—O3—C12—C13 | −171.2 (2) | O3—C12—C13—O1 | −0.1 (2) |
| C22—O4—C20—C19 | 1.1 (3) | O3—C12—C13—C8 | 179.4 (2) |
| C22—O4—C20—C21 | −179.3 (2) | C11—C12—C13—O1 | −179.3 (2) |
| Co1—N1—C1—C2 | −3.6 (2) | C11—C12—C13—C8 | 0.3 (3) |
| Co1—N1—C1—C6 | 177.4 (2) | N2—C15—C16—C17 | −178.4 (2) |
| Co1—N1—C7—C8 | −1.4 (3) | N2—C15—C16—C21 | 1.2 (3) |
| C1—N1—C7—C8 | −177.0 (2) | C15—C16—C17—C18 | 178.8 (2) |
| C7—N1—C1—C2 | 172.6 (2) | C15—C16—C21—O2 | 1.3 (3) |
| C7—N1—C1—C6 | −6.5 (3) | C15—C16—C21—C20 | −178.9 (2) |
| Co1—N2—C2—C1 | −4.6 (2) | C17—C16—C21—O2 | −179.1 (2) |
| Co1—N2—C2—C3 | 174.2 (2) | C17—C16—C21—C20 | 0.7 (3) |
| Co1—N2—C15—C16 | −3.7 (3) | C21—C16—C17—C18 | −0.7 (3) |
| C2—N2—C15—C16 | 179.8 (2) | C16—C17—C18—C19 | 0.2 (3) |
| C15—N2—C2—C1 | 172.3 (2) | C17—C18—C19—C20 | 0.4 (4) |
| C15—N2—C2—C3 | −8.9 (3) | C18—C19—C20—O4 | 179.3 (2) |
| N1—C1—C2—N2 | 5.3 (2) | C18—C19—C20—C21 | −0.4 (3) |
| N1—C1—C2—C3 | −173.6 (2) | O4—C20—C21—O2 | −0.0 (2) |
| N1—C1—C6—C5 | 175.8 (2) | O4—C20—C21—C16 | −179.8 (2) |
| C2—C1—C6—C5 | −3.2 (3) | C19—C20—C21—O2 | 179.7 (2) |
| C6—C1—C2—N2 | −175.6 (2) | C19—C20—C21—C16 | −0.1 (2) |
| C6—C1—C2—C3 | 5.5 (3) |
| D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
| C23—H23A···O3 | 0.99 | 2.54 | 3.472 (4) | 158 |
| C23—H23B···O4 | 0.99 | 2.33 | 3.252 (4) | 154 |
| C23—H23B···O2 | 0.99 | 2.41 | 3.202 (3) | 137 |
| C24—H24A···O3 | 0.99 | 2.35 | 3.173 (4) | 140 |
| C24—H24B···O4 | 0.99 | 2.38 | 3.250 (4) | 147 |
| Co1—O1 | 1.8593 (15) | Co1—N1 | 1.8807 (17) |
| Co1—O2 | 1.8611 (14) | Co1—N2 | 1.8755 (18) |
| D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
| C23—H23A···O3 | 0.99 | 2.54 | 3.472 (4) | 158 |
| C23—H23B···O4 | 0.99 | 2.33 | 3.252 (4) | 154 |
| C23—H23B···O2 | 0.99 | 2.41 | 3.202 (3) | 137 |
| C24—H24A···O3 | 0.99 | 2.35 | 3.173 (4) | 140 |
| C24—H24B···O4 | 0.99 | 2.38 | 3.250 (4) | 147 |
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Cobalt–Schiff base complexes are thoroughly investigated in their catalytic oxidation, chiral synthesis in solution, and so on (Cotton et al., 1999; Liu et al., 2007; Sharghi et al., 2003). However, a relatively few works are devoted to their solid state properties such as magnetic or conductive properties (Bella et al., 1995). Our interest on the cobalt-salophen system is based on their planar structure (Pahor et al., 1976) together with its redox-active characteristics, which implies their potential application for conducting and/or magnetic devices. In this work the structure of the title molecule, [Co(C22H18N2O4)].2(CH2Cl2) is reported (Fig. 1) The coordination sphere around CoII ions is square planar and made up of equatorial planar N2O2 coordination from L2-. The Co—O and Co—N bond distances are given in Table 1. The Co—N distances are comparable to those of low spin (LS) CoII species, representing a characteristic feature of the LS state. Intermolecular C—H···O hydrogen bonding contacts are observed in the title structure (Table 2) between methoxy oxygen atoms and the dichloromethane donors. The planar molecules stack each other through inversion related π···π interactions, with the centroids Cg3···Cg6i distance of 3.498 (2) Å, the perpendicular distance of the centroid Cg3 and the plane of Cg6 is 3.345 Å; a partial stacking is also observed between inversion related Cg3 rings: Cg3···Cg3i = 3.830 (2) Å, the perpendicular distance is 3.350 Å, the slippage between rings is 1.856 Å, symmetry code i = -x, -y, 1 - z. definitions: Cg3 is the centroid of the ring Co, O2, C21, C16, C15, N2 Cg6 is the centroid of the ring C16 - C21