Bis(μ-2-hydroxy-benozato)-κO,O':O';κO:O,O'-bis-[(2-hydroxy-benozato-κO,O')(1,10-phenanthroline-κN,N')cadmium(II)].

The dinuclear title compound, [Cd(2)(C(7)H(5)O(3))(4)(C(12)H(8)N(2))(2)], is located on a crystallographic rotation twofold axis. The two Cd(II) ions are connected by two tridentate bridging 2-hydroxy-benzoate anions. Each Cd(II) ion is seven-coordinated by five O atoms from three 2-hydroxy-benzoate ligands and two N atoms from 1,10-phenanthroline.