Bis[2-(1H-pyrazol-3-yl-κN)pyridine-κN]dithio-cyanato-κN,κS-cadmium(II).

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.