Bis[2-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl-κN2)-1,10-phenanthroline-κ2N,N′]cadmium(II) bis(perchlorate)

In the title complex, [Cd(C14H9N5)(2)](ClO4)(2), the Cd-II ion is coordinated by two tridentate 2-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)-1,10-phenanthroline ligands in a distorted octahedral CdN6 environment. In both 2-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)-1,10-phenanthroline ligands, the 1,2,4-triazolyl ring and the 1,10-phenanthroline ring system are essentially coplanar [maximun deviations of 0.136 (7) and 0.273 (5) angstrom, respectively]. The dihedral angle between the mean planes of the ligands is 89.65 (4)degrees. In the crystal structure, there is a weak pi-pi stacking interaction between a pyridine ring and a symmetry-related benzene ring with a centroid-centroid distance of 3.772 (3) angstrom.