(2,2'-Bipyrid-yl)bis-[N-(2-hydroxy-ethyl)-N-n-propyl-dithio-carbamato-κS,S']cadmium(II) acetonitrile solvate.

The title complex, [Cd(C(6)H(12)NOS(2))(2)(C(10)H(8)N(2))]·CH(3)CN, features a distorted octa-hedral N(2)S(4) geometry for the Cd(II) centre defined by a pair of asymmetrically chelating dithio-carbamate ligands as well as a 2,2'-bipyridine ligand. Supra-molecular chains along [001] are formed in the crystal structure, mediated by O-H⋯S hydrogen bonds; the acetonitrile solvent mol-ecules are associated with the chains via O-H⋯N hydrogen bonds.

(2,2'-Bipyrid-yl)bis-[N,N-bis-(2-hydroxy-ethyl)dithio-carbamato-κS,S']cadmium(II).

The title compound, [Cd(C(5)H(10)NO(2)S(2))(2)(C(10)H(8)N(2))], features a trigonal-prismatic coordination geometry for the Cd(II) ion, based on an N(2)S(4) donor set defined by two chelating dithio-carbamate ligands and a 2,2'-bipyridyl ligand. In the crystal, extensive O-H⋯O hydrogen bonding results in the formation of 12-membered {⋯HO}(6) synthons and one-dimensional supra-molecular chains with further O-H⋯S inter-actions providing additional stability to the linear chain with base vector [01].