Crystallographic report: [Bis(3‐pyridylacrylato)cadmium(II)]n

In bis(3‐pyridylacrylato)cadmium(II)]_n, the local coordination geometry around the cadmium center is based on an octahedron. The carboxylate acts as a tridentate ligand by bridging two cadmium atoms and binds a third cadmium atom via the pyridyl group with the result that a two‐dimensional layered network is formed. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.