The title complex, [La-2(C12H8N2)(2)(C6H5CO2)(6)], has a binuclear cage str
ucture in which two La atoms are bridged by four benzoate ions with an La .
. . La distance of 4.1143 (3) Angstrom. The complex has a center of symmet
ry. The benzoate groups coordinate each La-III atom in three different ways
.