Di-μ-acetato-O:O′-di-μ-acetato-O,O′:O′-bis{[(cyclopentadienyl)tris(dimethylphosphito-P)cobalt-O,O′,O′′]neodymium(III)}

Abstract

In the title compound, [{η5-CpCo[P(O)(OMe)2]3}Nd(O2CCH3)2]2, with a centrosymmetric mol­ecule, each Nd atom has an eight-coordination environment, surrounded by a tripodal {LOMe = CpCo[P(O)(OMe)2]3} and four bridging acetato ligands. The coordination geometry around each Nd centre is described as a distorted square-antiprism and the two different types of acetato ligands have μ-O:O′- and μ-O,O′:O′-acetato coordination modes. The Nd—O distances are in the range 2.378 (4)–2.594 (5) Å and the Nd⋯Nd distance is 3.9913 (6) Å.