trans-Bis(pyridine-κN)bis(thiocyanato-κS)palladium(II)

In the title complex, [Pd(SCN)2(C5H4N)2], the PdII ion has a trans-N2S2 square-planar coordination sphere defined by two pyridine ligands and two S-bound SCN− anions. The PdII cation lies on an inversion centre, thus the asymmetric unit contains one half of the complex, the PdN2S2 moiety is exactly planar and the two pyridine rings are parallel. In the crystal, the complex molecules are stacked in columns along the a-axis direction