Tetrakis(pyridine-? N )bis(thiocyanato-? N )cobalt(II)

In the mol­ecule of the title complex, [Co(NCS)2(C5H5N)4], the CoII atom is bonded in a distorted octa­hedral arrangement to two N atoms of two SCN− and four N atoms of four pyridine ligands. A crystallographic twofold rotation axis passes through the Co atom, and the N and para-C atoms of two trans pyridine rings. In the crystal structure, weak π–π stacking inter­actions, which involve the pyridine rings of adjacent pyridine ligands with a centroid–centroid distance of 3.475 (3) A [symmetry code: 1 − x, 2 − y, 1 − z], cause the formation of a supra­molecular network structure.