Bis[2-(4-hy-droxy-phen-yl)acetato-κO]bis-(1,10-phenanthroline-κN,N')cadmium penta-hydrate.

In the title compound, [Cd(C(8)H(7)O(3))(2)(C(12)H(8)N(2))(2)]·5H(2)O, the Cd(II) ion is six-coordinated by two carboxylate O atoms of monodentate 2-(4-hy-droxy-phen-yl)acetate ligands and by four N atoms from two chelating 1,10-phenantroline ligands in a distorted trigonal-prismatic geometry. O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds between water mol-ecules and the complex mol-ecules result in the formation of a three-dimensional network. Four water mol-ecules act as single acceptors and double donors while the fifth water mol-ecule is involved as a single acceptor and single donor in an O-H⋯O inter-action and as a donor in an O-H⋯π inter-action.