“…[27] The BiÀOb ond lengths average2 .79(7) a nd are longer than those reported for the monodentate nitrato li-gands (h 1 -NO 3 À ), for example, bis(nitrato)(methanol){N-phenyl-N'-[1-(pyrazin-2-yl)ethylidene]carbamohydrazonothioato}bismuth(III),w hich are distinctly non-bridging (BiÀO, 2.45(6) ). More specifically,o nly three crystallographicallyc haracterised examples of complexes with linking m 2 -nitrato-O,O' ligands,B i ÀO(NO)O'ÀBi, are known:t he room-temperature structure of 1, [26] catena-{(m 2 -nitrato-O,O')-bis[(h 5 -cyclopentadienyl)dicarbonyliron(II)]bismuth(III)} [29] and the Bi III -Nd III heterome- Bi (1) (2) 2.6456 (14) Bi (2) (11) Bi (1) 4 (m 3 -cydta)Bi-(m-ONO 2 )]·2.5 H 2 O} n ,w here cydta is trans-cyclohexylene-1,2-diaminetetraacetate. More specifically,o nly three crystallographicallyc haracterised examples of complexes with linking m 2 -nitrato-O,O' ligands,B i ÀO(NO)O'ÀBi, are known:t he room-temperature structure of 1, [26] catena-{(m 2 -nitrato-O,O')-bis[(h 5 -cyclopentadienyl)dicarbonyliron(II)]bismuth(III)} [29] and the Bi III -Nd III heterome- Bi (1) (2) 2.6456 (14) Bi (2) (11) Bi (1) 4 (m 3 -cydta)Bi-(m-ONO 2 )]·2.5 H 2 O} n ,w here cydta is trans-cyclohexylene-1,2-diaminetetraacetate.…”