“…The polymeric chains of these compounds contain two types of alternating coordination centers, namely, Ln 3+ ions that coordinate the water/methanol molecules and the oxygen atoms of bridging carboxylate anions and Ln 3+ ions that coordinate the oxygen atoms of bridging and chelate carboxylate anions; in both cases, the coordination number (CN) of Ln equals eight ( Figure 4) [21]. To synthesize cymantrenecarboxylates with the ratio Ln:Mn = 1:1, we suggested an original technique with the use of hydrated lanthanide acetylacetonates as the starting reagents [22]. 1D-polymeric complexes [Ln(O2CCym)(acac)2(H2O)]n (Ln = Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er) were obtained.…”