title: Di-μ-benzoato-κ(3)O,O':O;κ(3)O:O,O'-bis-[aqua-(nitrato-κO)(1,10-phenanthroline-κ(2)N,N')lead(II)].
abstract: The title compound, [Pb(2)(C(7)H(5)O(2))(2)(NO(3))(2)(C(12)H(8)N(2))(2)(H(2)O)(2)], crystallizes as a dinuclear centrosymmetric dimer containing two Pb(II) atoms bridged by two benzoate ligands. Each Pb(II) atom is seven-coordinated by a water mol-ecule, a nitrate anion, a 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) ligand and two benzoate anions. The crystal packing is stabilized by O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds and by π-π stacking between neighboring phen ligands, with a centroid-centroid distance of 3.557 (3) Å.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Weifang Medical University, Weifang 261053,  People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yuanzheng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Weiwei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Liping
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang