The [Cd(O 2 C(CH 2 ) 2 CO 2 )] has been hydrothermally prepared and structurally characterized using single-crystal X-ray diffraction. It crystallizes in the monoclinic system, S.G.: I 2/a, a=6.515(2)Å, b=4.889(3)Å, c=30.769(3)Å, β=94.34(8)Å. The structure exhibited alternating infinite chains of edge-sharing CdO 6 octahedra which progress parallel to the a-axis and four corner-sharing CdO 6 octahedra layers which progress in the (a,b) plane, pillared by succinate anion. The topology leads to intersecting hydrophobic channels along (110) and (1¯10) directions. The preparation, structural, thermal and infrared spectroscopic characterizations and 113 Cd NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) are presented.