metal-organic compounds
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In the title compound, [Co(C5HF6O2)2(C9H8N2)], the CoII centre exhibits a pseudooctahedral coordination geometry, comprising two N-atom donors from the bidentate aminoquinoline ligand and four O-atom donor atoms from two bidentate chelating 1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoropentane-2,4-dionate ligands. In the crystal, molecules are linked via pairs of N—HO hydrogen bonds, forming inversion dimers. These dimers are further connected through π–π interactions between neighbouring quinoline rings [centroid–centroid distance = 3.472 (2) Å], and stack along the c axis.