Di-μ-benzoato-κ3O,O′:O;κ3O:O,O′-bis[aqua(nitrato-κO)(1,10-phenanthroline-κ2N,N′)lead(II)]

The title compound, [Pb2(C7H5O2)2(NO3)2(C12H8N2)2(H2O)2], crystallizes as a dinuclear centrosymmetric dimer containing two PbII atoms bridged by two benzoate ligands. Each PbII atom is seven-coordinated by a water molecule, 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