The crystal structure of the title compound has been determined from diffractometer data. Crystals are cubic, a= 10·91l(4)Å, Z= 4, space group Fm3m. The structure has been refined by least-squares techniques to R 0·057 for 172 observed independent reflections. Interatomic distances are: Pd–C 2·07(2), Cd–N 2·27(3), and C–N 1·1l(4)Å.