One new cadmium complex [Cd(phen)3]·(ClO 4)2·(p-MBA)2·(H 2O)2 has been hydrothermally synthesized by reacting p-methylbenzoic acid (p-MBA), 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) and cadmium perchlorate. It crystallizes in the triclinic system, space group P1̄, with a = 1.2809(3), b = 1.3431(3), c = 1.3734(3) nm, α = 84.259(4), β = 71.603(3), γ = 74.424(3)°, V = 2.1594(8) nm3, Dc = 1.532 g/cm3, Z = 2, F(000) = 1008, μ = 0.697 mm-1, R = 0.0646 and wR = 0.1648. The crystal structure shows that the cadmium ion is coordinated with six nitrogen atoms f...