The crystal structure of the complex of diphenyl pyraline hydrochloride with cobalt chloride, C38H46O2N2Cl4Co has been determined by X-ray diffraction using CuK
radiation. The compound crystallizes in monoclinic space group
P21/
n with the cell parameters
a = 18.120(4)
,
b = 8.179(3)
,
c = 26.805(3)
,
β = 102.60(1)° with
Z = 4,
V = 3876(1)
3. The structure was solved using 5484 reflections. The stucture was refined to a final
wR of 0.2944 (
R = 0.1130). The packing of the molecules shows a layered arrangement.