Bis(μ-4-methyl­benzoato)-κ(3) O,O′:O;κ(3) O:O,O′-bis­[aqua­(4-methyl­benzoato-κ(2) O,O′)(nicotinamide-κN (1))cadmium]

In the dinuclear centrosymmetric title compound, [Cd(2)(C(8)H(7)O(2))(4)(C(6)H(6)N(2)O)(2)(H(2)O)(2)], the Cd(II) ion is chelated by two carboxyl­ate groups from 4-methyl­benzoate anions, and is further coordinated by one nicotinamide and one water mol­ecule; a carboxyl­ate O atom from an adjacent 4-methyl­benzoate anion bridges to the Cd(II) ion, completing the irregular coordination sphere of the seven ligand atoms. In the crystal, inter­molecular O—H⋯O, N—H⋯O and weak C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol­ecules into a three-dimensional network. The methyl­benzene moiety of one bridging 4-methyl­benzoate anion is disordered over two orientations of equal occupancy.