(2,2'-Bipyridine-κN,N')bis-(4-methyl-benzoato-κO,O')lead(II).

In the title compound, [Pb(C(8)H(7)O(2))(2)(C(10)H(8)N(2))], the Pb(II) ion is coordinated by two N atoms from one 2,2'-bipyridine ligand and four O atoms from two 4-methyl-benzoate anions in a distorted pseudo-square-pyramidal environment, considering one of the carboxyl-ate anions as an apical ligand. Pairs of complex mol-ecules related by inversion centers are organized into dimers via pairs of Pb⋯O inter-actions [3.185 (2) Å] and stacking interactions between 2,2'-bipyridine and 4-methyl-benzoate ligands, with a mean distance between their planes of 3.491 Å.