Key indicators: single-crystal X-ray study; T = 296 K; mean (C-C) = 0.009 Å; R factor = 0.041; wR factor = 0.134; data-to-parameter ratio = 13.5.The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Cu 2 Tb(C 7 H 3 -NO 4 ) 3 (C 12 H 8 N 2 ) 4 ]NO 3 Á4H 2 O, consists of one-half of the C 2 -symmetric trinuclear coordination cation, one-half of the C 2 -symmetric nitrate anion and two water molecules. In the coordination cation, the Cu II atom is coordinated by four N atoms from two 1,10-phenanthroline ligands and two O atoms from a bridging-chelating carboxylate group of the pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylate anion, completing a distorted N 4 O 2 octahedral coordination environment. The Tb III atom, located on a twofold rotation axis, is nine-coordinated by three tridentate pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylate anions forming an N 3 O 6 donor set. The intramolecular CuÁ Á ÁTb distance of 5.0592 (11) Å indicates weak interactions between the Cu II and Tb III atoms. The coordination cations, nitrate anions and water molecules are connected via O-HÁ Á ÁO hydrogen bonds into layers parallel to the (001) plane. Moreover, there are extensive -stacking interactions [centroid-centroid distances = 4.332 (7) and 3.878 (5) Å ] between the phenanthroline ligands and between phenanthroline and pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylate ligands.
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