A new cadmium complex [Cd(phen)3]-(ClO4) 2-(α-FRA)(H2O)3 was prepared by self-assembly of α-furoic acid, 1,10-phenanthroline (phen), and cadmium perchlorate. It crystallizes in the monoclinic system, space group P2 1/n, with a = 1.28130(15), b = 2.5957(3), c = 1.35449(16) nm, β = 109.395(2)°, V = 4.2492(9) nm3 Dn = 1.491 g/cm 3, Z = 4, F(000) = 1926, GOOF = 1.023, the final R = 0.0729 and wR - 0.2086. The crystal structure analysis indicates that the cadmium ion is coordinated with six nitrogen atoms from six 1, 10-phenanthroline molecules,...