Dichlorido[2-(3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl-κN2)-1,10-phenanthroline-κ2N,N′]cadmium(II)

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [CdCl2(C17H14N4)], contains two independent molecules in which the CdII ions are in distorted trigonal-bipyramidal CdN3Cl2 coordination environments. In the crystal structure, there is a π–π stacking interaction involving a pyridine ring and a symmetry-related benzene ring, with a centroid–centroid distance of 3.5088 (19) Å.