Bis(μ-4-methyl­benzoato)-κ³O,O′:O;κ³O:O,O′-bis­[aqua­(4-methyl­benzoato-κ²O,O′)(nicotinamide-κN¹)cadmium]

In the dinuclear centrosymmetric title compound, [Cd₂(C₈H₇O₂)₄(C₆H₆N₂O)₂(H₂O)₂], the Cd^II ion is chelated by two carboxyl­ate groups from 4-methyl­benzoate anions, and is further coordinated by one nicotinamide and one water mol­ecule; a carboxyl­ate O atom from an adjacent 4-methyl­benzoate anion bridges to the Cd^II ion, completing the irregular coordination sphere of the seven ligand atoms. In the crystal, inter­molecular O—H...O, N—H...O and weak C—H...O hydrogen bonds link the mol­ecules into a three-dimensional network. The methyl­benzene moiety of one bridging 4-methyl­benzoate anion is disordered over two orientations of equal occupancy.