Tetrakis(mu-2-phenylacetato-kappa O-2:O ')bis{[4-(dimethylamino)pyridine-kappa N ']cobalt(II)}

The title compound, [Co-2(C8H7O2)(4)(C7H10N2)(2)], crystallizes as a centrosymmetric dimer containing two Co-II atoms bridged by four bidentate phenylacetate ligands in syn-syn bridging modes. Each Co-II atom is five-coordinated by four O atoms from four different carboxylate ligands and the ring N atom of a 4-(dimethylamino) pyridine unit, generating a distorted square-pyramidal geometry in which the four O atoms form the basal plane and the N atom occupies the axial position. In the crystal, C-H center dot center dot center dot O interactions link the dinuclear complex molecules into a three-dimensional network.