Diaqua-bis-[4-(1H-imidazol-2-yl)pyridine-κN]bis-(nitrato-κO)cadmium.

In the title compound, [Cd(NO3)2(C8H7N3)2(H2O)2], the Cd(II) cation is situated on an inversion center and is coordinated by the O atoms of two nitrate anions, by the N atoms of two 4-(imidazol-2-yl)pyridine ligands and by two water O atoms in a slightly distorted N2O4 octa-hedral geometry. The dihedral angle between the imidazole and pyridine rings is 1.6 (2)°. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked by N-H⋯O, O-H⋯N and O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming a three-dimensional network.