Complex [Mn(phcn)(2)(H2O)[C8H11O2(COO)]}.(ClO4).H2O with bicycle [2.2.1]hept-2-en-5,6-dicarboxylic acid [C7H8(COOH)(2)], perchlorate manganese and 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) has been synthesized by means of hydrothermal way and characterized. It crystallizes in the triclinic space group P (1) over bar, with a= 1.022 08 (12) nm, b = 1.24149(14) nm, c=1.354 29(15) nm, alpha=112.724(9)degrees, beta=91.173(6)degrees, gamma=101.250(3)degrees, V=1.545 9(3) nm(3), D-c=1.553 g.cm(-3), Z=2, F(OOO) =744. Final R-1 =0.042 2, wR(2) =0- 1015. GooF = 1.080, The crystal structure shows that the cadmium ion is coordinated with one oxygen atoms from one C7H10(COOH)(2) molecule, four nitrogen atoms from the two 1,10-phenanthroline, one oxygen atom from one water molecule, respectively, forming a distorted octahedral coordination geometry. The result of TG analysis shows that the title complex was stable under 200.0 degrees C. CCDC: 653822.