Tetra-kis(μ(2)-2-phen-oxy-propionato)-κO,O':O';κO:O,O';κO:O'-bis-[(1,10-phenanthroline-κN,N')(2-phen-oxy-propionato-κO,O')gadolinium(III)].

In the centrosymmetric binuclear title complex, [Gd(2)(C(9)H(9)O(3))(6)(C(12)H(8)N(2))(2)], the two Gd(III) ions are linked by four 2-phen-oxy-propionate (L) groups in bi- and tridentate bridging modes. Each Gd(III) ion is nine-coordinated by one 1,10-phenanthroline mol-ecule, one bidentate chelating carboxyl-ate group and four bridging carboxyl-ate groups in a distorted GdN(2)O(7) monocapped square-anti-prismatic geometry.