title: Bis[2-(1H-benzotriazol-1-yl)-1H-benz-imidazol-1-ido]diethano-lcadmium.
abstract: In the title complex, [Cd(C13H8N5)2(C2H5OH)2], the Cd(II) cation is located on an inversion center and coordinated by two deprotonated 2-(1H-benzotriazol-1-yl)-1H-benzimid-azol-1-ide (L) ligands and two ethanol mol-ecules in a distorted N4O2 octa-hedral geometry. In the L ligand, the dihedral angle between benzoimidazole and benzotriazole ring systems is 10.8 (3)°. In the crystal, the complex mol-ecules are connected by O-H⋯N hydrogen bonds; inter-molecular π-π stacking is also observed [centroid-centroid distances of 3.668 (5) Å between triazole and benzene rings and 3.780 (5) Å between imidazole rings].
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Eco-Environment-Related Polymer Materials of the Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials of Gansu Province, Key Laboratory of Bioelectrochemistry & Environmental Analysis of Gansu, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Jia-Cheng
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Dong-Cheng
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Hu