Crystal structure of tetra­kis­(isonicotinamide-κN)bis­­(thio­cyanato-κN)cobalt(II)–isonicotinamide–ethanol (1/2/1)

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Co(NCS)2(C6H6N2O)4]·2C6H6N2O·C2H5OH, comprises one CoII cation, two thio­cyanate anions, four coordinating and two solvent isonicotinamide molecules and one ethanol solvent mol­ecule. The CoII cations are octa­hedrally coordinated by four N-coordinating isonicotinamide ligands and two terminally N-bonded thio­cyanate anions. These discrete complexes are linked by inter­molecular N—H⋯O and N—H⋯S hydrogen-bonding inter­actions into a three-dimensional network. The two isonicotinamide and the ethanol solvent mol­ecules are embedded in channels of this network and are linked through further N—H⋯O and N—H⋯N hydrogen bonds to the network. The ethanol solvent mol­ecule is disordered over two sets of sites (occupancy ratio 0.6:0.4).