Di-μ-benzoato-κO,O':O';κO:O,O'-bis-[(benzoato-κO,O')(1,10-phenanthroline-κN,N')cadmium].

The dinuclear title compound, [Cd(2)(C(7)H(5)O(2))(4)(C(12)H(8)N(2))(2)], lies on a crystallographic twofold axis. The Cd(II) ions are connected by two bridging benzoate anions and each ion is seven-coordinated by five O atoms from three benzoate ligands and by two N atoms from 1,10-phenanthroline. The benzoate ligands adopt two different coordination modes, acting as bidentate and bridging tridentate ligands. The discrete neutral mol-ecules further extend their structure into a three-dimensional supra-molecular framework by inter-molecular π-π [inter-planar distances of 3.392 (4) Å] and C-H⋯π stacking inter-actions [H-mean plane = 2.567 (4) and 2.781 (4) Å].