Acta Cryst. (2010). E66, m718  [ doi:10.1107/S160053681001977X ]

catena-Poly[[bis(nitrato-²O,O')cobalt(II)]--4,4'-bis(pyrazol-1-ylmethyl)biphenyl-²N²:N^2']

J.-S. Gao, X. Wang, Z.-Y. Ding and G.-F. Hou

Abstract: In the title compound, [Co(NO₃)₂(C₂₀H₁₈N₄)]_n, the Co^II atom lies on a crystallographic twofold axis and the coordination geometry can be considered as a slightly distorted tetrahedron defined by two O atoms from two nitrate groups and two N atoms from two ligand molecules. A distorted octahedron may be assumed when two of the symmetry-related nitrate O atoms with Co-O distances of 2.3449 (19) Å are added to the coordination environment. Another twofold axis, passing through the middle of the biphenyl bonds, is observed in the crystal structure. A chain is built up by the ligands linking the Co^II ions along [101].

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