Fernando Avecilla, Andrés de Blas, Carlos Platas, Teresa Rodríguez-Blas, Rufina Bastida, Alejandro Macías, Adolfo Rodríguez, David E. Fenton and José Mahía
Lanthanide ions act as templates in the formation of dinuclear Ln(III) complexes with a cryptand ligand bearing three phenolate groups; the presence of both lanthanide ions into the cavity of the cryptand was confirmed by X-ray structure analysis and spectroscopic data.