Crystal structure of di-μ-chlorido-bis­{chlorido­[(−)-5,6-pinenebi­pyridine]­cobalt(II)} aqua­dichlorido[(−)-5,6-pinenebi­pyridine]cobalt(II)

The crystal structure of [Co(2)Cl(4)(C(17)H(18)N(2))(2)][CoCl(2)(C(17)H(18)N(2))(H(2)O)] or [Co(L)Cl(μ-Cl)](2)[Co(L)(Cl)(2)(OH(2))], where L is the enanti­opure bidentate ligand (−)-5,6-pinenebi­pyridine (C(17)H(18)N(2)), has been determined. Crystals suitable for X-ray structure analysis were obtained by slow evaporation of an ethano­lic solution containing equimolar amounts of L and CoCl(2)·6H(2)O. The Co(II) cations all have a coordination number of five, and in each case the coordination polyhedron is a trigonal bipyramid. The Co—N bonds lengths range from 2.037 (7) to 2.195 (7) Å, and Co—Cl bonds lengths range from 2.284 (2) to 2.509 (2) Å. The asymmetric unit contains two discrete complexes, one dinuclear and the other mononuclear. Between the two mol­ecules, two types of inter­molecular inter­actions have been evidenced: π–π stackings involving the bi­pyridine units, and O—H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds between the hydrogen atoms of the aqua ligand coordinating to the mononuclear complex and the non-bridging chlorido ligand coordinating to the dinuclear mol­ecule. These inter­actions lead to a two-dimensional supra­molecular arrangement parallel to the ab plane.