Diversity of linking modes by N,N′-p-phenylenedimethylenebis(pyridin-4 -one) [p-XBP4] in the novel ‘linked lantern’ framework complex {[Nd2(p-XBP4)6(H2O)4 ](p-XBP4)(H2O)3(ClO4) 6}n

Abstract

The title compound has a complex framework structure in which pairs of Nd atoms are linked by four p-XBP4 ligands to form ‘lanterns’ which are further connected by interwoven Nd–(p-XBP4)–Nd bridges, and yet again by non-coordinated p-XBP4 molecules hydrogen bonded to aqua ligands on the Nd centres.