Bis(2,2′-bipyridyl-κ(2) N,N′)bis­(2-hydroxy­benzoato)-κO (1);κ(2) O (1),O (1′)-cadmium(II) methanol solvate

The title compound, [Cd(C(7)H(5)O(3))(2)(C(10)H(8)N(2))(2)]·CH(3)OH, contains one monomeric seven-coordinate cadmium complex and one methanol solvate mol­ecule. The Cd(II) atom is coordinated to two 2,2′-bipyridyl ligands via the N atoms and to two salicylate anions (Hsal(−)) via the carboxyl­ate O atoms, which act as monodentate ligand for the one and bidentate ligand for the second. The Cd(II) atom exhibits a {6 + 1} environment, approximately described as a distorted capped octa­hedron with the apical positions occupied by one of the two N atoms belonging to one bipyridyl ligand and one of the two carboxyl­ate O atoms from the monodentate Hsal(−) ligand. Two intra­molecular six-membered hydrogen-bonded rings are present, generated from inter­actions between the carboxyl­ate and hydr­oxy groups of the salicylate ligands. There is one inter­molecular hydrogen-bonding inter­action involving the methanol solvent mol­ecule and the carboxyl­ate group from the monodentate Hsal(−) ligand. The crystal packing is governed by π–π stacking inter­actions [centroid–centroid distance = 3.783 (4) Å] which occur between bipyridyl ligands, by C—H⋯O and C—H⋯π inter­actions and by numerous van der Waals contacts.