The crystal and molecular structure of π-cyclo-octenyl-π-cyclo-octa-1,5-dienecobalt, Co(C8H13)(C8H12)

Abstract
The cobalt atom in the title compound has a planar configuration with the two π-bonds of the diene and the delocalized orbitals of the octenyl, C8H12 being in the boat form and C8H13 the tub form.