Tetrakis(μ-2-phenoxypropionato)-κ3O,O′:O′;κ3O:O,O′,κ4O:O′-bis[(1,10-phenanthroline-κ2N,N′)(2-phenoxypropionato-κ2O,O′)praseodymium(III)]

Abstract

In the centrosymmetric binuclear title complex, [Pr2(C9H9O3)6(C12H8N2)2], the two PrIII ions are linked by four 2-phenoxypropionate (L) groups through their bi- and tridentate bridging modes. Each PrIII ion is nine-coordinated by one 1,10-phenanthroline molecule, one bidentate carboxylate group and four bridging carboxylate groups in a distorted PrN2O7 monocapped square-antiprismatic geometry. The title compound is isotypic with its terbium- and dysprosium-containing analogues.