Reaction of cis-diazidobis(ethylenediamine)cobalt(III)nitrate with ammonium thiocyanate in a 1 : 2 molar ratio in aqueous medium gave the title cobalt(III) compound, cis-[Co(en) 2 (N 3 ) 2 ]SCN, as reddish brown crystals in almost quantitative yield. The complex salt was characterized by elemental analysis, IR, electronic, 1 H and 13 C NMR spectroscopic studies. An X-ray structure determination revealed an ionic structure with the monoclinic space group P2 1 /c, having cell dimensions a ¼ 12.1950(6), b ¼ 9.0317(5), c ¼ 12.6017(7) Å ; ¼ 113.419 (1) , V ¼ 1273.63(12) Å 3 and Z ¼ 4. The structure was refined by a full-matrix least-square procedures to R 1 ¼ 0.0297 and wR 2 ¼ 0.0697.