Tris[2-methoxy-6-(4-methylphenyliminiomethyl)phenolato-κ2O,O′]tris(thiocyanato-κN)neodymium(III)

Abstract

In the title compound, [Nd(NCS)3(C15H15NO2)3], the NdIII ion is coordinated by three thiocyanate anions [Nd—N = 2.489 (8)–2.530 (7) Å] and six O atoms [Nd—O = 2.375 (4)–2.843 (5) Å] from three zwitterionic 2-methoxy-6-(4-methylphenyliminiomethyl)phenolate ligands in a tricapped trigonal-prismatic geometry. Intramolecular N—H...O hydrogen bonds occur. The crystal packing exhibits weak intermolecular C—H...S hydrogen bonds, π–π interactions with a distance of 3.904 (7) Å between the centroids of the aromatic rings, and voids of 101 Å3.