CoCl2(PhNC(R)N(H)Ph)(2) complexes (R=H and Ph) have been reacted with methyllithium to produce the corresponding lantern-type Co-2(amidinato)(4) compounds containing cobalt-cobalt bonds of order one. One of them, Co-2(DPhBz)(4)(DPhBz=diphenylbenzamidinato), was oxidized by AgPF6 to yield [Co-2(DPhBz)(4)](PF6). 2.4CH(2)Cl(2). Crystal data for Co-2(DPhF)(4) (I) (DPhF=diphenylformamidinato) at 0 degrees C are: monoclinic, space group C2/c, a=13.927(3), b=13.678(3), c=22.855(5) Angstrom, beta=91.37(2)degrees, Z=4. For [Co-2(DPhBz)(4)](PF6). 2.4CH(2)Cl(2) (II) at -60 degrees C: triclinic, space group P1, a=13.838(4), b=13.881(4), c=19.62(1) Angstrom, alpha=89.7(1), beta=99.76(4), gamma=91.04(4)degrees, Z=2. The metal-to-metal distances are 2.3735(9) Angstrom for complex I and 2.322(2) and 2.332(2) Angstrom for two crystallographically independent molecules found in complex II. The latter are slightly longer than those found in the parent neutral molecule. The experimental cobalt-to-cobalt separations are in good agreement with those obtained from ab initio quantum chemical calculations.