(4-Hydroxy-methyl-1H-imidazole-κN)bis-(tri-tert-butoxy-silanethiol-ato-κO,S)cadmium(II).

The Cd(II) atom in the title compound, [Cd(C(12)H(27)O(3)SSi)(2)(C(4)H(6)N(2)O)], is penta-coordinated by two O and two S atoms from the O,S-chelating silanethiol-ate residue and one N from the 4-hydroxy-methyl-imidazole ligand and shows a strongly distorted trigonal-bipyramidal geometry. The title complex is isostructural with its zinc analog. The hydroxy group of the ligand is involved in intra-molecular O-H⋯S hydrogen bonding and also acts as an acceptor in the formation of an inter-molecular N-H⋯O hydrogen bond, which links mol-ecules of the complex into zigzag chains parallel to the b axis. One of the tert-butyl groups is disordered over two orientations with occupancies of 0.557 (12):0.443 (12).