Diaquabis(2,5-dihydroxybenzoato-κO)bis(1,10-phenanthroline-κ2N,N′)strontium(II) bis(1,10-phenanthroline) tetrahydrate

The title compound, [Sr(C7H5O4)2(C12H8N2)2(H2O)2]·2C12H8N2·4H2O, consists of an SrII complex, uncoordinated phenanthroline (phen) molecules and solvent water molecules. The SrII ion is located on a twofold axis and is coordinated by two phen ligands, two dihydroxybenzoate anions and two water molecules in a distorted tetragonal antiprismatic geometry. Partially overlapped arrangements exist between parallel coordinated and parallel uncoordinated phen rings; the face‐to‐face separations between the former (coordinated) and the latter (uncoordinated) rings are 3.436 (13) and 3.550 (14) Å, respectively. This difference suggests the effect of metal coordination on π–π stacking between phen rings.