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1Molecular Materials Research Center, School of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, 200 Xiaolingwei Road, Nanjing 210094, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
In the title compound, [Co(C(10)H(8)N(2))(3)][W(CN)(8)], the Co atom (..2 site symmetry) is coordinated by six N atoms from three 2,2'-bipyridine ligands in an octa-hedral geometry; the Co-N bond distances range from 1.926 (2) to 1.939 (2) Å. The W (..2 site symmetry) metal center is coordinated by eight cyanide ligands, resulting in a dodeca-hedral conformation with W-C distances in the range 1.165 (3)-2.176 (3) Å. The cations and anions are linked into a three-demensional structure by weak C-H⋯N hydrogen bonds.
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