Crystal structures of di­bromido­{N-[(pyridin-2-yl-κN)methyl­idene]picolinohydrazide-κ(2) N′,O}cadmium methanol monosolvate and di­iodido{N-[(pyridin-2-yl-κN)methyl­idene]picolinohydrazide-κ(2) N′,O}cadmium

The title compounds, [CdBr(2)(C(12)H(10)N(4)O)]·CH(3)OH, (I), and [CdI(2)(C(12)H(10)N(4)O)], (II), are cadmium bromide and cadmium iodide complexes of the ligand (E)-N′-(pyridin-2-yl­methyl­ene)picolinohydrazide. Complex (I) crystallizes as the methanol monosolvate. In both compounds, the Cd(2+) cation is ligated by one O atom and two N atoms of the tridentate ligand, and by two bromide anions forming a Br(2)N(2)O penta­coordination sphere for (I), and by two iodide anions forming an I(2)N(2)O penta­coordination sphere for (II), both with a distorted square-pyramidal geometry. In the crystal of complex (I), mol­ecules are linked by pairs of N—H⋯O and O—H⋯Br hydrogen bonds, involving the solvent mol­ecule, forming dimeric units, which are linked by C—H⋯Br hydrogen bonds forming layers parallel to (101). In the crystal of complex (II), mol­ecules are linked by N—H⋯I hydrogen bonds, forming chains propagating along [010]. In complex (II), measured at room temperature, the two iodide anions are each disordered over two sites; the refined occupancy ratio is 0.75 (2):0.25 (2).