(5,5'-Dicarboxy-biphenyl-2,2'-dicarboxyl-ato-κO,O)bis-(1,10-phenanthroline-κN,N')zinc(II) dihydrate.

In the title compound, [Zn(C(16)H(8)O(8))(C(12)H(8)N(2))(2)]·2H(2)O, the Zn(II) atom is located on a twofold rotation axis and is six-coordinated by two O atoms from a 5,5'-dicarboxy-biphenyl-2,2'-dicarboxyl-ate ligand and four N atoms from two 1,10-phenanthroline mol-ecules in a distorted octa-hedral geometry. The crystal structure involves O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds.