metal-organic compounds
In the title complex, [Ce2(C10H10NO3)6(C12H8N2)2]·2H2O, each Ce atom shows a distorted tricapped trigonal prismatic coordination, comprising two N-atom donors from a 1,10-phenanthroline ligand and seven O atoms of the N-acetyl-N-phenylglycine (L2) molecules. Two Ce atoms are bridged by two terdentate and two bidentate carboxylate groups of L2, to give a centrosymmetric dimer. The crystal structure is stabilized by intermolecular O—HO hydrogen bonds.