An η⁶-Toluene Complex of Neodymium: [Nd(η⁶-C₆H₅CH₃)(AlCl₄)₃]

The Nd^III ion in hexa-μ-chloro-1:2κ²Cl;1:3κ²Cl;1:4κ²Cl-hexachloro- 2κ²Cl,3κ²Cl,4κ²Cl-[1(η⁶)-toluene]trialuminiumneodymium has a distorted pentagonal bipyramidal geometry. Five Cl atoms form the equatorial plane and the toluene ring and the sixth Cl atom, Cl6, occupy the apical sites. The average Nd—C(η⁶) and Nd—Cl distances are 2.926 (5) and 2.857 (1) Å, respectively.

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