(2,2′-Bipyrimidine-κ(2) N (1),N (1′))diiodidopalladium(II)

In the title complex, [PdI(2)(C(8)H(6)N(4))], the Pd(II) ion is four-coordinated in a slightly distorted square-planar environment defined by two pyrimidine N atoms derived from a chelating 2,2′-bipyrimidine (bpym) ligand and two mutually cis iodide anions. The nearly planar bpym ligand [maximum deviation = 0.053 (3) Å] is slightly inclined to the least-squares plane of the PdI(2)N(2) unit [maximum deviation = 0.055 (2) Å], making a dihedral angle of 3.9 (2)°. In the crystal, pairs of complex mol­ecules are assembled by inter­molecular C—H⋯N hydrogen bonds into dimers. Intra­molecular C—H⋯I hydrogen bonds are also observed.