Diaquabis[N-(pyridin-4-yl)isonicotinamide-κN]bis(thiocyanato-κN)cobalt(II)

In the title compound, [Co(NCS)2(C11H9N3O)2(H2O)2], the octahedrally coordinated CoII ion lies on a crystallographic inversion center and is bound by two isothiocyanate ligands, two aqua ligands and two N-(pyridin-4-yl)isonicotinamide (4-pina) ligands. The dihedral angle between the aromatic rings in the 4-pina ligand is 8.98 (11)°. In the crystal, the individual molecular units are aggregated in three dimensions by O—H...N, O—H...S and N—H...S hydrogen-bonding pathways.