{2,6-Bis[(dimethylamino-κN)methyl]-phenyl-κC}iodopalladium(II) bis(diiodine)

The distorted square-planar coordination environment of the palladium(II) centre in [Pd(NCN)I].2I(2) {NCN is 2,6-bis[(dimethylamino)methyl]phenyl, C12H19N2} is defined by the monoanionic terdentate NCN ligand and one iodide anion. Two neutral I-2 molecules interact with the coordinated iodide anion at distances of similar to3.3 Angstrom, suggesting an alternative description of the title compound as a palladium pentaiodide complex, i.e. [Pd(NCN)I-5]. Weaker interactions of similar to3.6 Angstrom between the I-5(-) anions link the complexes into a two-dimensional network.