Tetra-μ-acetato-κ4O:O′;κ3O,O′:O′;κ3O:O,O′-bis[(acetato-κ2O,O′)(1,10-phenanthroline-κ2N,N′)europium(III)]

Abstract

In the title centrosymmetric dinuclear EuIII complex, [Eu2(CH3COO)6(C12H8N2)2], each EuIII cation is coordinated by seven O atoms from five acetate anions and two N atoms from one phenanthroline ligand in a distorted tricapped trigonal-prismatic geometry. Four acetate anions bridge two EuIII cations to form the dinuclear complex, with an Eu...Eu distance of 3.9409 (8) Å. Weak intermolecular C—H...O hydrogen bonding is present in the crystal structure.