A coordination complex of cadmium nitrate [Cd(NO3)2] with 2-amino-benzaxole (2AB; C7H6N2O), namely, tetra-kis-(2-amino-benzoxazole-κN 1)bis-(nitrato-κO)cadmium(II), [Cd(NO3)2(2AB)4], has been synthesized from ethanol solutions of Cd(NO3)2·H2O and 2AB. The asymmetric unit comprises half a mol-ecule of [Cd(NO3)2(2AB)4], with the CdII atom positioned on a twofold rotation axis. In the completed mol-ecular complex, four 2AB ligands and two nitrate anions each coordinate monodentately to the CdII atom, leading to a distorted octa-hedral coordination environment. The crystal structure of [Cd(NO3)2(2AB)4] exhibits several N-H⋯O inter-actions, resulting in the formation of a layered assembly parallel to (001). Hishfeld surface analysis was used to qu-antify the inter-molecular inter-actions.

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