Crystal structure ofcatena-poly[[[bis(pyridine-4-carbothioamide-κN1)cadmium]-di-μ-thiocyanato-κ2N:S;κ2S:N] methanol disolvate]
The asymmetric unit of the polymeric title compound, {[Cd(NCS)2(C6H6N2S)]·2CH3OH}n, consists of one cadmium(II) cation that is located on a centre of inversion as well as one thiocyanate anion, one pyridine-4-carbothioamide ligand and one methanol molecule in general positions. The CdIIcations are octahedrally coordinated by the pyridine N atom of two pyridine-4-carbothioamide ligands and by the S and N atoms of four thiocyanate anions and are linked into chains along [010] by pairs of anionic ligands. These chains are further linked into layers extending along (201) by intermolecular N—H...O and O—H...S hydrogen bonds. One of the amino H atoms of the pyridine-4-carbothioamide ligand is hydrogen-bonded to the O atom of a methanol molecule, and a symmetry-related methanol molecule is the donor group to the S atom of another pyridine-4-carbothioamide ligand whereby each of the pyridine-4-carbothioamide ligands forms two pairs of centrosymmetric N—H...S and O—H...S hydrogen bonds. The methanol molecules are equally disordered over two orientations.