(2,2′-Bipyridine-κ2N,N′)bis(4-methylbenzoato-κ2O,O′)lead(II)

In the title compound, [Pb(C8H7O2)2(C10H8N2)], the PbII ion is coordinated by two N atoms from one 2,2′-bipyridine ligand and four O atoms from two 4-methylbenzoate anions in a distorted pseudo-square-pyramidal environment, considering one of the carboxylate anions as an apical ligand. Pairs of complex molecules related by inversion centers are organized into dimers via pairs of Pb...O interactions [3.185 (2) Å] and stacking interactions between 2,2′-bipyridine and 4-methylbenzoate ligands, with a mean distance between their planes of 3.491 Å.