(S,S)-Di-iodido-{3,3'-methyl-enebis[1-(1-hy-droxy-4-methyl-pentan-2-yl)imidazol-2-ylene]}palladium(II) ethanol monosolvate.

The structure of the title solvated bis-N-heterocyclic carbene palladium(II) complex, [PdI2(C19H32N4O2)2·C2H6O, exhibits a slightly distorted square-planar coord-in-ation at the palladium(II) atom, with the six-membered chelate ring adopting a boat conformation. One disordered ethanol solvent mol-ecule was co-crystallized. There are inter-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds in the structure. The chiral centers of the precursor imidazolium salt was preserved during the metalation process.