Synthesis and structure of catena-poly[[[bis-(pyridin-2-yl)amine]-cadmium(II)]-di-μ2-azido].

In the title compound, [Cd(N3)2(C10H9N3)] n , the cadmium(II) ion displays a distorted CdN6 octa-hedral geometry arising from one bidentate ligand and four azide ions and forms zigzag polymeric [100] chains via the bridging azide ions, both of which show μ1,1 (end-on) coordination. Adjacent chains are linked into layers via N-H⋯N hydrogen bonds. Hirshfeld surface analysis was used to qu-antify the inter-molecular inter-actions.