(2,3-Di-2-pyridyl­pyrazine-κ(2) N (2),N (3))bis­(thio­cyanato-κS)palladium(II)

The Pd(II) ion in the title complex, [Pd(NCS)(2)(C(14)H(10)N(4))], is four-coordinated in a distorted square-planar environment by the two pyridine N atoms of the chelating 2,3-di-2-pyridyl­pyrazine (dpp) ligand and two S atoms from two thio­cyanate anions. The pyridine rings are considerably inclined to the least-squares plane of the PdS(2)N(2) unit [maximum deviation = 0.027 (1) Å], making dihedral angles of 70.3 (2) and 69.2 (1)°. The pyrazine ring is almost perpendicular to the PdS(2)N(2) plane, with a dihedral angle of 86.3 (1)°. The thio­cyanate ligands are located on opposite sides of the PdS(2)N(2) unit plane and are almost linear [N—C—S angles = 177.8 (6) and 178.9 (6)°]. The complex mol­ecules are stacked in columns along the b axis and are connected by inter­molecular C—H⋯N hydrogen bonds, forming chains along the a axis.