Crystal structure of bis­(2-{[(pyridin-2-yl)methyl­idene]amino}­benzoato-κ(3) N,N′,O)cobalt(II) N,N-di­methyl­formamide sesquisolvate

The title compound, [Co(C(13)H(9)N(2)O(2))(2)]·1.5C(3)H(7)NO, is formed as a neutral Co(II) complex with di­methyl­formamide (DMF) solvent mol­ecules. The Co(II) atom has a distorted O(2)N(4) octa­hedral coordination sphere defined by two tridentate anionic Schiff base ligands with the O atoms being cis. The coordination sphere around the Co(II) atom is geometrically different from that reported for the co-crystal [Co(C(13)H(9)N(2)O(2))(2)]·AA·H(2)O (AA is anthranilic acid). One of the DMF solvent mol­ecules was modelled as being disordered about a crystallographic inversion centre with half-occupancy. The crystal structure is made up from alternating layers of complex mol­ecules and DMF mol­ecules parallel to (010). C—H⋯O hydrogen-bonding inter­actions between the complex mol­ecules and the solvent mol­ecules consolidate the crystal packing.