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metal-organic compounds
The title complex, [Co(N3)3(C10H8N2)(C5H5N)], adopts fac-octahedral coordination geometry. All the azido ligands are terminally coordinated with an average Co-N-N angle of 125 Å. The pyridine ligand is least strongly coordinated to CoIII and forms the longest Co-N bond [1.992 (2) Å]. The bipyridine rings lie in the equatorial plane are nearly perpendicular to the pyridine ring.