Di-μ-nitrito-κ3O:O,O′;κ3O,O′:O-bis{[2,6-bis(pyrazol-1-yl-κN2)pyridine-κN](nitrito-κ2O,O′)cadmium(II)}

Abstract

In the title centrosymmetric binuclear complex, [Cd2(NO2)4(C11H9N5)2], the unique CdII ion is in a distorted dodecahedral CdN3O5 coordination environment. The two inversion-related CdII ions are separated by 3.9920 (6) Å and are bridged by two O atoms from two nitrite ligands. There are two types of π–π stacking interactions involving symmetry-related pyrazole rings, with centroid–centroid distances of 3.445 (2) and 3.431 (2) Å.