%0 Journal Article %T Dichloridobis{6-methyl-2-[(trimethylsilyl)amino]pyridine-κN1}cobalt(II) %A Xiaoyan Xue %A Xia Chen %A Hongbo Tong %J Acta Crystallographica Section E %D 2009 %I International Union of Crystallography %R 10.1107/s1600536809027937 %X In the structure of the title compound, [CoCl2(C9H16N2Si)2], the CoII atom is located on an inversion center in a slightly distorted tetrahedral environment formed by two chloride ions and the pyridine N atoms of two chelating 6-methyl-2-[(trimethylsilyl)amino]pyridine ligands. The dihedral angle between the planes of the pyridine rings is 80.06 (5)¡ã. Cohesion within the crystal structure is accomplished by N¡ªH...Cl hydrogen bonds. %U http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536809027937