A new family of binuclear lanthanide compounds of general formula [Ln(2,4-DClBA)(3)phen](2) (Ln(III) = Nd (1), Sm (2), Dy (3), Yb (4); 2,4-DClBA = 2,4-dichlorobenzoate; phen = 1,10-phenanthroline) have been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, molar conductance, infrared spectroscopy, ultraviolet spectra, thermogravimetric analysis, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. On the basis of X-ray crystallography, compounds 2-4 belong to the triclinic crystal system, P (I) over bar space group. In compound 2, the Sm3+ ion adopted a distorted monocapped square-antiprism coordination geometry. Compounds 3 and 4 are isomorphous whose central ions (Dy3+ and Yb3+) formed a distorted square-antiprism geometry. The heat capacities of compounds 1-4 are measured using DSC technology and fitted to a polynomial equation by the least-squares method. The smoothed molar heat capacities and thermodynamic function data of compounds 1-4 relative to the reference temperature 298.15 K are then calculated. Meanwhile, these compounds exhibit in good antifungal activity against C. albicans, good antibacterial activity against S. aureus, and better antibacterial activity against E. coli. The fluorescence spectra of the samarium and dysprosium compounds behave as characteristic transitions of Sm(III) and Dy(III) ions.