catena-Poly[[bis­(4-methyl­pyridine-κN)cobalt(II)]-di-μ-dicyanamido-κ(2) N (1):N (5)]

Cobalt(II) nitrate hexa­hydrate and sodium dicyanamide self-assembled in dimethyl­formamide (DMF) and 4-methyl­pyridine solutions to form the title compound, [Co(C(2)N(3))(2)(C(6)H(7)N)(2)](n). The Co(2+) ion lies on an inversion center and adopts an octa­hedral coordination geometry in which four N atoms from four different dicyanamide ligands lie in the equatorial plane and two 4-methyl­pyridine N atoms occupy the axial positions. The Co(II) atoms are connected by two bridging dicyanamide ligands, resulting in a chain parallel to the c axis. The chains are connected into a three-dimensional network by C—H⋯N hydrogen bonds.