Di-μ-nicotinamide-κ(2) N (1):O;κ(2) O:N (1)-bis-[aqua-bis-(3-chloro-benzoato-κ(2) O,O')cadmium].

In the centrosymmetric dinuclear title compound, [Cd2(C7H4ClO2)4(C6H6N2O)2(H2O)2], the Cd(II) atom is coord-inated by one N atom from one bridging nicotinamide ligand and one O atom from another symmetry-related bridging nicotinamide ligand, four O atoms from two 3-chloro-benzoate ligands and one water mol-ecule in an irregular geometry. The dihedral angles between the carboxyl-ate groups and the adjacent benzene rings are 6.98 (12) and 2.42 (13)°, while the benzene rings are oriented at a dihedral angle of 4.33 (6)°. Inter-molecular O-H⋯O, N-H⋯O and weak C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules into a three-dimensional network. π-π inter-actions, indicated by short centroid-centroid distances [3.892 (1) Å between the pyridine rings and 3.683 (1) Å between the benzene rings] further stabilize the structure.