Di-μ-benzoato-κ(3) O,O′:O′;κ(3) O:O,O′-bis[aqua­bis­(benzoato-κ(2) O,O′)(dimethylformamide-κO)europium(III)]

The title dimeric complex, [Eu(2)(C(7)H(5)O(2))(6)(C(3)H(7)NO)(2)(H(2)O)(2)], is centrosymmetric, implying that pairs of equivalent Eu(3+) ions and ligands lie trans to each other and that the two Eu(3+) ions have exactly the same coordination environment. Each Eu(3+) ion is nine-coordinated by two bidentate benzoate ligands, two bridging tridentate chelating benzoate ligands, and one dimethylformamide and one water molecule. The coordination polyhedron of each Eu(3+) ion can be described with a distorted monocapped square-anti­prismatic geometry. The mol­ecular structure is stabilized by intra- and inter­molecular hydrogen bonds between the water mol­ecules and benzoate O atoms.