Synthesis, Structure, and Fluorescence of a Novel Samarium Compound

A novel samarium compound, [Sm(Phen)2(H2O)5]2(Phen)2(Bipy)Cl6 · 7H2O (I) (Phen = 1,10-phenanthroline and Bipy = 2,2'-bipyridine), was prepared by a solvothermal reaction. The crystal structure of I was characterized by X-ray single-crystal diffraction method (CIF file CCDC no. 1025736). Compound I is an isolated structure with the samarium ions possessing a nine-coordinated distorted monocapped square antiprism geometry. There are abundant...