A novel three-dimensional coordination polymer, {[Ca-3(mu(5)-OOCCH2OCH2COO)(3)(H2O)(4)]4H(2)O}(n), has been synthesized with oxydiacetate as bridge ligand and structurally determined by X-ray crystallography. The crystal belongs to monoclinic, space group C2/c with a = 17.805(2), b = 9.3923(12), c = 17.255(2) angstrom, beta= 107.838(5)degrees, V = 2746.8(6) angstrom(3), M-r = 660;58, C12H28Ca3O23, D-c = 1.597 g/cm(3), mu = 0.695 mm(-1), Z = 4, F(000) = 1376, GOOF = 1.027, R = 0.0303 and wR = 0.0660. In the complex there are two coordination modes for Ca(II) ions, one coordinated by three mu(5)-OOCCH2OCH2COO2- bridge ligands together with two H2O molecules, and the other by five mu(5)-OOCCH2OCH2COO2- bridge ligands. In both coordination modes each Ca(II) ion assumes a distorted dipentapyramidal CaO7 geometry; whereas each oxydiacetate is coordinated with five Ca(II) ions and acts as a pentdentates bridge ligand.