Di­aqua­bis­(cinnamato-κ²O,O′)cadmium

The title complex, [Cd(C₉H₇O₂)₂(H₂O)₂], was obtained as an unintended product of the reaction of cadmium nitrate with hexa­methyl­ene­tetra­mine and cinnamic acid. The Cd^II ion lies on a twofold rotation axis and is coordinated in a slightly distorted trigonal–prismatic environment. In the crystal, the V-shaped mol­ecules are arranged in an inter­locking fashion along [010] and O—H...O hydrogen bonds link the mol­ecules, forming a two-dimensional network parallel to (001).