title: Bis[4'-(4-cyano-phen-yl)-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine]cobalt(II) dichloride.
abstract: The title complex, [Co(C(22)H(14)N(4))(2)]Cl(2), has been synthesized by a solvothermal reaction of the 4'-(4-cyano-phen-yl)-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine ligand with CoCl(2)·6H(2)O. The cobalt(II) ion is six-coordinated by two tridentate ligands in a distorted octa-hedral geometry. The benzene rings form dihedral angles of 30.02 (7) and 30.26 (7)° with the mean planes of the terpyridine ring systems. The chloride anions are statistically disordered over two positions with refined site occupancies of 0.601 (2) and 0.399 (2).
authors.forename: Kun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.forename: Zhi-Hong
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Zhong-Wen
authors.initials: ZW
authors.lastname: Chen