Bis(μ2-2-phenoxypropionato-κ2O:O′)bis[(1,10-phenanthroline-κ2N,N′)bis(2-phenoxypropionato-κ2O,O′)ytterbium(III)]

Abstract

In the centrosymmetric binuclear title complex, [Yb2(C9H9O3)6(C12H8N2)2], the two Yb(III) ions are linked by two 2-phenoxypropionate (L) groups in a bidentate bridging mode. Each YbIII ion is eight-coordinated by two O atoms from two bridging L ligands, four O atoms from two chelating L groups and two N atoms from one chelating phen molecule in a distorted YbN2O6 dodecahedral geometry.