Bis(4-ferrocenylbenzoato-κO)tetra­kis(methanol-κO)cadmium(II)

The complete mol­ecule of the title compound, [CdFe(2)(C(5)H(5))(2)(C(12)H(8)O(2))(2)(CH(4)O)(4)], is generated by crystallographic twofold symmetry, with the Cd atom lying on the rotation axis. The Cd atom is coordinated by the O atoms of the four methanol mol­ecules and by the O atoms of the two carboxyl­ate anions (the latter in cis geometry), resulting in a distorted CdO(6) octa­hedron. The phenyl­ene ring is almost coplanar with its adjacent cyclo­penta­dienyl ring [dihedral angle = 8.2 (2)°]. The uncoordin­ated carboxyl­ate O atom acts as acceptor to two O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds from the methanol mol­ecules, giving rise to a layered network.