Catena-Poly[[(8-aminoquinoline-κ 2N,N′)-cadmium] -di-μ-thiocyanato-κ 2N:S;-κ 2S: N-[(8-aminoquinoline-κ 2N,N′)-cadmium]-di-μ-chlorido]

In the title compound, [CdCl(NCS)(C 9H 8N 2)] n, the Cd II atom is in a distorted octahedral coordination environment defined by two chloride anions, two N atoms from an 8-aminoquinoline ligand, one N atom from one thiocyanate anion and one S atom from a symmetry-related thiocyanate anion. Two Cd II atoms are bridged by two chloride anions, forming an inversion-related Cd 2Cl 2 unit; these units are further linked through thiocyanate anions, leading to a chain structure extending parallel to [010]. Weak π-π stacking interactions with centroid-centroid distances of 3.430(4) Å and an interplanar separation of 3.390(3) Å between the pyridine and benzene rings link the chains into a two-dimensional network parallel to (101̄). Weak intermolecular C-H··· Cl hydrogenbonding interactions help to consolidate the crystal packing.