A dinuclear cobalt(II) complex [Co2(a-furacrylato)4(Phen)2(H20)]'C2HsOH has been synthesized with a-furacrylic acid and 1,10-phenanthroline as the ligands, and its crystal structure was determined. The crystal is of monoclinic system, space group C2/c with a = 1.07388(8), b = 2.4300(2), c = 1.86708(14) nm, β= 104.3830(10)°, V= 4.719.4(7) nm3, Dc = 1.503 g/cm3, Z = 2, F(000) = 2196, GOOF = 1.053, the final R = 0.0343 and wR = 0.0883. The crystal structure shows that two neighboring cobalt(II) ions are linked by the bridging coordination of two a-furacrylic acid anions and one water molecule, and their end positions are respectively coordinated with two 1,10-phenanthroline molecules and two a-furacrylic acid anions, forming a dinuclear structure. Both cobalt(II) ions adopt hexa-coordinated distorted octahedral geometry. The electrochemical and fluorescence properties of the title complex are also discussed.