title: catena-Poly[[bis-(methanol-κO)bis-(thio-cyanato-κN)cobalt(II)]-μ-1,3-bis-(pyridin-4-yl)propane-κN,N'].
abstract: The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Co(NCS)(2)(C(13)H(14)N(2))(CH(3)OH)(2)], consists of one cobalt(II) cation located on a center of inversion, one half of a 1,3-bis-(pyridin-4-yl)propane ligand located on a twofold rotation axis, as well as one thio-cyanate anion and one methanol mol-ecule in general positions. The cobalt(II) cation is coordinated by two terminal N-bonded thio-cyanate anions and two N-bonded 1,3-bis-(pyridin-4-yl)propane ligands, as well as two O atoms of methanol mol-ecules in a slightly distorted octa-hedral coordination mode. Adjacent cations are connected into chains parallel to [10[Formula: see text]] by the bridging 1,3-bis-(pyridin-4-yl)propane ligands. These chains are connected through inter-molecular O-H⋯S hydrogen bonds between the methanol hy-droxy group and the terminal S atom of the thio-cyanate anion.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Max-Eyth Strasse 2, D-24118 Kiel,  Germany.
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wöhlert
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Näther