Bis(2-propyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium) bis(pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylato-κ3O2,N,O6)cadmate(II)

The title salt, (C6H11N2)2[Cd(C7H3NO4)2], displays a discrete mononuclear structure, in which the central CdII atom is six-coordinated in a distorted octahedral coordination geometry by two N and four O atoms from two different pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylate anions in an O2,N,O6-tridentate chelation mode. The crystal packing is stabilized by N—H...O hydrogen bonds and π–π interactions [centroid–centroid distance = 3.576 (5) Å].