(4,4′-Dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridine-κ(2) N,N′)(dimethyl sulfoxide-κO)diiodidozinc(II)

In the title compound, [ZnI(2)(C(12)H(12)N(2))(C(2)H(6)OS)], the Zn(II) ion is coordinated by two N atoms from a 4,4′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridine ligand, one O atom from a dimethyl sulfoxide mol­ecule and two I atoms in a distorted trigonal-bipyramidal geometry. Intra­molecular C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds and inter­molecular π–π stacking inter­actions between the pyridine rings [centroid–centroid distances = 3.637 (4) and 3.818 (4) Å] are present in the crystal structure.