Catena-Poly[[[diaqua-cobalt(II)]bis-(μ-1,3-di-4-pyridylpropane-κN:N')] bis-(perchlorate) bis-(1,3-di-4-pyridyl-propane) bis-(2-methyl-4-nitro-aniline)

Abstract

In the title compound, {[Co(C13H14N2)2(H2O)2](ClO4)2·2C13H14N2·2C7H8N2O2}n, the CoII ion lies on a crystallographic inversion center and is coordinated by four N atoms from four symmetry-related 1,3-di-4-pyridylpropane ligands and two O atoms from two water ligands in a slightly distorted octa­hedral coordination environment. The 1,3-di-4-pyridylpropane ligands are doubly bridging and connect the CoII ions into one-dimensional chains. The asymmetric unit also contains one uncoordinated 1,3-di-4-pyridylpropane mol­ecule, one 2-methyl-4-nitro­aniline mol­ecule and one perchlorate anion. In the crystal structure, inter­molecular O—H⋯N hydrogen bonds connect the one-dimensional chains into a two-dimensional network.