Coordination polymers of cobalt(II) involving 4,4′-bipyridyl and its dioxide

Summary Analytical data, room temperature magnetic moment values, electronic and i.r. spectral measurements down to 200 cm^–1 on the coordination compounds formed by the interaction of cobalt(II) chloride, bromide, thiocyanate, acetate and nitrate with 4,4-bipyridyl and 4,4-bipyridylN,N-dioxide indicate that the isolated compounds are coordination polymers having tetrahedral or octahedral stereochemistry around cobalt(II) involving bridging 4,4-bipyridyl/4,4-bipyridylN,N-dioxide molecules. Terminally bonded acetato- and nitrato-ligands and bridging or terminally bonded chloro-, bromo- and thiocyanato-groups in the solid state.