Thermal (CP ), magnetic (M and χac) and transport (ρ) measurements on Ce2Pd2Sn are reported. High temperature properties are well described by the presence of two excited crystal field levels at (65 ± 5)K and (230 ± 20)K, with negligible hybridization (Kondo) effects. According to literature, two transitions were observed at TM = 4.8K and TC = 2.1K respectively. The upper transition cannot be considered as a standard anti-ferromagnetic because of frustration effects in a triangular network of Ce-atoms and the positive sign of the paramagnetic temperature θ LT P = 4.4K. The nature of the this intermediated phase is described accounting for the formation of ferromagnetic (F) Cedimers disposed in a quasi-2D square lattice, resembling a Shastry-Sutherland pattern. According to hysteretic features in ρ(T ) and χac(T ), the lower F-transition is of first order, with CP (T < TC) revealing a gap of anisotropy Eg ≈ 7K.

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