Chloridobis(dimethyl­glyoximato-κ²N,N′)(ethyl pyridine-3-carboxyl­ate-κN)cobalt(III)

In the title compound, [Co(C₄H₇N₂O₂)₂Cl(C₈H₉NO₂)], which was prepared as a model complex of vitamin B₁₂, the Co^III atom, which is linked to four N atoms of the pseudo-macrocyclic (dmgH)₂ ligand (dmgH is dimethyl­glyoximate) in the equatorial plane and one Cl⁻ anion and one N atom of ethyl nicotinate in apical positions, displays an approximately octa­hedral coordination. The Co atom is 0.0187 (8) Å out of the mean plane of the four equatorial N atoms. The structure has an O...H...O bridge, which is very common in cobaloxime derivatives, with O...H distances of 1.24 (2) and 1.25 (2) Å.