Di-chlorido-bis-(3-{[(pyridin-2-yl)methyl-idene]amino}-benzoic acid-κ2 N,N')cobalt(II) methanol monosolvate monohydrate.

The ortho-rhom-bic (space group Pna21) unit cell of the title compound, [CoCl2(C13H10N2O2)2]·CH3OH·H2O, contains eight complex mol-ecules, four A and four B, along with sixteen solvent mol-ecules of crystallization. The two independent CoII atoms are coordinated by imine and pyridine N atoms from each of two neutral pyridinyl-imino-benzoic acids and two cis-chlorido ligands in a distorted octa-hedral coordination environment. In the crystal, the complex mol-ecules pack loosely with the closest Co⋯Co separation exceeding 7.7 Å. The uncoordinated carb-oxy-lic groups on the ligands are presumably hydrogen-bonded to the solvent methanol and water mol-ecules.