Bis(pyridine-κN)bis[4,4,4-trifluoro-1-(4-fluorophenyl)butane-1,3-dionato-κ2O,O′]cobalt(II)

Abstract

In the structure of the title compound, [Co(C10H5F4O2)2(C5H5N)2], cobalt(II) forms a complex with two 4,4,4-trifluoro-1-(4-fluorophenyl)butane-1,3-dionate anions and two pyridine molecules in an octahedral coordination environment, where the two dionate ligands are in equatorial positions and the two pyridine molecules in axial positions. The complex is located on a crystallographic inversion centre.