trans-Tetrakis(3-aminopyridine)dichlorocadmium(II)

The hydro­thermal reaction of 3-amino­pyridine and cadmium(II) chloride in alkaline aqueous solution gave rise to the title complex, [CdCl2(C5H6N2)4]. The CdII atom is six-coordinate with a distorted octahedral geometry and the Cl− ions are in trans positions. The Cd atom lies on an inversion centre and the asymmetric unit contains two amino­pyridine ligands and one Cl− ion.