title: Di-μ-benzoato-κO,O':O;κO:O,O'-bis-[(acetato-κO)(1,10-phenanthroline-κN,N')lead(II)] dihydrate.
abstract: The title compound, [Pb(2)(CH(3)COO)(2)(C(7)H(5)O(2))(2)(C(12)H(8)N(2))(2)]·2H(2)O, consists of dimeric units built up around a crystallographic centre of symmetry and two non-coordinating water mol-ecules. Each Pb(II) unit is six-coordinated by a bidentate 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) ligand, a monodentate acetate anion and a bidentate benzoate anion, which also acts as a bridge linking the two Pb(II) atoms. The crystal packing is stabilized by O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds and by π-π inter-actions between the phen rings of neighboring mol-ecules, with a centroid-centroid distance of 3.577 (3) Å.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Junli
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Xiaopeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xuan