Crystal structure of poly[[μ-4-(hy­droxy­meth­yl)pyridine-κ(2) N:O][4-(hy­droxy­meth­yl)pyridine-κN](μ-thio­cyanato-κ(2) N:S)(thio­cyanato-κN)cadmium]

The crystal structure of the title compound, [Cd(NCS)(2)(C(6)H(7)NO)(2)](n) is made up of Cd(2+) cations that are coordinated by three thio­cyanate ligands and three 4-(hy­droxy­meth­yl)pyridine ligands within distorted N(4)OS octa­hedra. The asymmetric unit consists of one Cd(2+) cation, two thio­cyanate anions and two 4-(hy­droxy­meth­yl)pyridine ligands in general positions. Two Cd(2+) cations are linked by two μ-1,3 N- and S-bonding thio­ycanate anions into dimers which are further linked into branched chains along [100] by two μ-1,6 N- and O-bonding 4-(hy­droxy­meth­yl)pyridine ligands. One additional N-bonded 4-(hy­droxy­meth­yl)pyridine ligand and one additional N-bonded thio­cyanate anion are only terminally bonded to the metal cation. Inter­chain O—H⋯S hydrogen bonds between the hy­droxy H atoms and one of the thio­cyanate S atoms connect the chains into a three-dimensional network.