Bis(1,10-phenanthroline-κ(2) N,N′)(phenyl­acetato-κO)copper(II) phenyl­acetate hexa­hydrate

In the title compound, [Cu(C(8)H(7)O(2))(C(12)H(8)N(2))(2)](C(8)H(7)O(2))·6H(2)O, the Cu atom is in a distorted square-pyramidal coordination environment. The six crystallographically independent uncoordinated water mol­ecules are inter­connected by hydrogen bonds, completing dodeca­water (H(2)O)(12) clusters which are hydrogen bonded to the carboxyl­ate groups of phenyl­acetate anions, building up one-dimensional anionic chains propagating along [100]. Between the cationic and anionic chains are hydrogen bonds from water mol­ecules to the carboxyl­ate O atoms belonging to the phenyl­acetato ligands.