catena-Poly[[bis-(N,N'-dimethyl-formamide)cadmium(II)]-μ(2)-oxalato].

The title compound, [Cd(C(2)O(4))(C(3)H(7)NO)(2)](n), is isostructural with its Mn(II) analogue. The structure comprises zigzag polymeric chains with the oxalate groups situated on inversion centres and the Cd(II) atoms located on twofold rotation axes. The coordination geometry around Cd(II) is distorted octa-hedral and the intra-chain Cd⋯Cd distance is 5.842 (1) Å. C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds exist between the parallel polymeric chains.