title: Bis[2-(1H-pyrazol-3-yl-κN)pyridine-κN]dithio-cyanato-κN,κS-cadmium(II).
abstract: The mol-ecular structure of the mononuclear complex, [Cd(SCN)(2)(C(8)H(7)N(3))(2)], contains a Cd(II) atom in a distorted octa-hedral coordination defined by five N atoms from two bidentate chelate 2-(1H-pyrazol-3-yl)pyridine ligands and by one SCN(-) anion. The second SCN(-) anion provides its S atom for completion of the coordination sphere. The complex is linked to four others by N-H⋯N and N-H⋯S hydrogen-bonding inter-actions between the pyrazol N-H group and the terminal S and N atoms of neighbouring SCN(-) anions. This arrangement leads to the formation of sheets parallel to (100). Face-to-face π-π stacking inter-actions with shortest inter-planar distances of 3.805 (2) and 3.696 (2) Å help to consolidate the crystal packing.
authors.affiliation: College of Science, Civil Aviation University of China, Tianjin 300300, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Jian-Gang
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Li