Jq. Wang et al., SYNTHESIS AND CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF THE COMPLEX (NO3)2(CH3OH)2]CENTER-DOT-BZIMPY-CENTER-DOT-2CH3OH, Polyhedron, 13(9), 1994, pp. 1405-1409
The reaction of the ligand 2,6-bis(benzimidazol-2-yl) pyridine (bzimpy
) with Lu(NO3)3.6H2O led to the formation of the title complex [Lu(bzi
mpy-H) (NO3)2(CH3OH)2].bzimpy.2CH3OH, in which bzimpy-H is the mono an
ion derived by deprotonation of bzimpy. The lutetium atom is nine coor
dinate, and has one tridentate bzimpy-H anionic ligand, two bidentate
NO3 groups, and two CH3OH molecules, bonded in a distorted tricapped t
rigonal prismatic geometry.