Bis(μ-2,2'-oxydibenzoato-κO,O':O'',O''')bis-[(4,4'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine-κN,N')zinc(II)] dihydrate.

In the title compound, [Zn(2)(C(14)H(8)O(5))(2)(C(12)H(12)N(2))(2)]·2H(2)O, the Zn(II) atom exhibits a distorted octa-hedral coordination geometry, defined by two N atoms from one 4,4'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine ligand and four O atoms from two bridging 2,2'-oxydibenzoate ligands. The mol-ecule is a centrosymmetric dimer. π-π Stacking inter-actions are observed between the 4,4'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine ligands, with a centroid-centroid distance of 3.649 (2) Å.