Dichloridobis[5-nitro-1-trimethyl-silyl-methyl-1H-benzimidazole-κN]cobalt(II) N,N-dimethyl-formamide solvate.

The title compound, [CoCl(2)(C(11)H(15)N(3)O(2)Si)(2)]·C(3)H(7)NO, was synthesized from 5-nitro-1-trimethyl-silylmethyl-1H-benzimid-azole and cobalt(II) chloride in dimethyl-formamide. The Co(II) atom is coordinated in a distorted tetra-hedral environment by two Cl atoms and two N atoms. In the crystal structure, there are a number of C-H⋯Cl and C-H⋯O hydrogen-bonding inter-actions between symmetry-related mol-ecules.