Aqua­bis­(benzoato-κO)(1,10-phenanthroline-κ(2) N,N′)zinc(II)

The Zn atom in the title compound, [Zn(C(7)H(5)O(2))(2)(C(12)H(8)N(2))(H(2)O)], is five-coordinate in a distorted trigonal–bipyramidal coordination environment involving two O atoms of two monodentate benzoates, two N atoms of a 1,10-phenanthroline mol­ecule and one O atom of a water mol­ecule. The axial positions are occupied by a carboxyl­ate O atom from the benzoate ligand and an N atom from the 1,10-phenanthroline ligand [N—Zn—O = 146.90 (7)°]. The water mol­ecule forms an intra­molecular O—H⋯O hydrogen bond; an inter­molecular O—H⋯O hydrogen bond gives rise to a dimer.