“…Compared to the coordination modes of the common bidentate Na tom ligands2 ,2'-bipyridine (bpy) and 1,10-phenanthroline( phen), napy can be functioned as three coordination modes including (i)monodentate;( ii)bidentate and (iii)dinuclear bridging mode ( Figure 1). [22] With respectt om etal centers, as eries of complexes based on napy with distinct crystal structures (s ee the reported structures summarized from the Cambridge Structural Database Version 5.40 updated to May,2019 in Ta ble S1) have been reported with 3d metal centers including V IV , [23] Mn I , [24] Fe II , [25] Cu I/II , [26] and Ni II , [27] with 4d and 5d metal centers including Mo II , [28] Ru II , [29] Rh II , [30] Pd I/II , [31] Ag I , [32] Cd II , [33] Re I , [34] Os VIII , [35] Ir III , [36] Pt II , [37] Au I [38] and Hg I/II , [25,39] anda lso with 4f metal centers Eu III [40] and Pr III . [41] Witht he coordination numbers ranging from 2t o1 2, napy can act as al igand with diverseC Ns to obtain the low-and high-coordinate 3d metal complexes.A lthough a series of cobalt(II) complexes based on the derivatives of napy have been reported, [42] the crystal structures of the cobalt(II) complexes only based on napy have never been determined till now.I th as long been said that the cobalt complex ([Co(napy) 4 ](ClO 4 ) 2 )w as deemed to be an eight-coordinate compound but without any structuralp roof.…”