“…Extensive investigations on the ligating flexibility of {Zr 2 (OPr i ) 9 } À unit had unveiled and enriched the diverse structural chemistry of metal alkoxides. [1,3,10] The extraordinary structural stability and rigidity (in solution) of the bioctahedral {M 2 (OR) 9 } À unit, also valid for other tetravalent metals (Ti, Hf, and Sn), [31,32] has played an important role in the development of polymetallic alkoxides, [13,31,[33][34][35] especially the use of heterobimetallic halo isopropoxides as building blocks for heterotrimetallic compounds. [13,31,34,35] In the context of Ce IV alkoxides, apart from the formation of [(m-OPr i )Ba{Ce 2 (OPr i ) 9 }] 2 [36] in solution, no report is available on the structural characterization of the {Ce 2 (OPr i ) 9 4 ], [37] [36] (thd = 2,2,6,6-tetramethylheptane-3,5-dione) contain appropriate assembling ligands in the metal coordination sphere.…”