Dichloro(2,5-diphenyl-3,4-di-2-pyridyl-1H-pyrrole-N,N')cobalt(II)

Article abstract of DOI:10.1107/S0108270193007309

The title complex dichloro<2,2'-(2,5-diphenyl-3,4-pyrrolediyl)dipyridine-N,N'>cobalt(II), , has been prepared in ethanol solution.The metal centre is coordinated in a distorted tetrahedral configuration to two Cl ions and to the N(13) and N(7) donor atoms of the C26H19N3 ligand (PPP) which acts bidentately.The coordination angles lie between 95.1 (3) and 115.7 (3) deg, the smallest being N(13)-Co-N(7).Although each ring of the PPP ligand is almost planar within experimental error, the whole ligand is not, as shown by the value of the dihedral angle <83.5 (4) deg> between the two pyridine mean planes P2 and P3.