2,6-Bis(bromo­meth­yl)pyridine

In the title mol­ecule, C₇H₇Br₂N, the C—Br vectors of the bromo­methyl groups extend to opposite sides of the pyridine ring and are oriented nearly perpendicular to its plane. In the crystal, the mol­ecules related by a c-glide-plane operation are arranged into stacks along the c axis, with centroid–centroid distances between neighboring aromatic rings of 3.778 (2) Å. A short Br...Br contact of 3.6025 (11) Å is observed within a pair of inversion-related mol­ecules.