title: Tris(nitrato-κO,O')bis-(1,10-phenanthroline-κN,N')holmium(III).
abstract: In the title compound, [Ho(NO(3))(3)(C(12)H(8)N(2))(2)], the ten-coordinate Ho(III) ion is chelated by four N atoms from two phenanthroline (phen) ligands and six O atoms from three bidentate nitrate groups. The environment around the Ho atom can be described as a distorted bicapped square anti-prism. Two phenanthroline ligands form a dihedral angle of 43.72 (13)°. Short inter-molecular distances between the centroids of the six-membered rings [3.6887 (14)-3.8374 (16) Å] indicate the existence of π-π inter-actions, which link the mol-ecules into stacks extended in the [10] direction. The crystal packing is further stabilized by weak inter-molecular C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds.
authors.forename: Eny
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kusrini
authors.forename: Muhammad Idiris
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Saleh
authors.forename: Reza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kia
authors.forename: Hoong-Kun
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Fun