catena-Poly[[[aqua-(1,10-phenanthroline-κN,N')cadmium(II)]-μ-pyridine-2,3-dicarboxyl-ato-κN,O:O,O] dihydrate].

The title complex, {[Cd(C(7)H(3)NO(4))(C(12)H(8)N(2))(H(2)O)]·2H(2)O}(n), is a one-dimensional coordination polymer, wherein the Cd atom is seven-coordinated by two 1,10-phenanthroline N atoms, one N and three O atoms from two different pyridine-2,3-dicarboxyl-ate ligands, and one water mol-ecule. It is further extended to a two-dimensional layer structure by hydrogen bonds and π-π stacking inter-actions [centroid-centroid distances of 3.560†(2) and 3.666†(2)†à ]. There is a C4 water chain in the structure whose repeat unit contains four water mol-ecules with O⋯O distances in the range 2.748†(3)-2.795†(4)†à . One of the two H atoms of each water of hydration is statistically distributed over two positions with equal occupancy.