One-pot synthesis of an unusual manganese–lanthanide–ferrocene cluster: A combination of d-, f-metals and an organometallic fragment

Abstract Reaction of the preformed cluster [Mn 6 O 2 (Piv) 10 (4-Me-py) 2.5 (PivH) 1.5 ] with Nd(NO 3 ) 3 .6H 2 O, N -butyldiethanolamine (bdeaH 2 ) and ferrocene-1,1′-dicarboxylic acid (fcdcH 2 ) resulted in the formation of the first 3d–4f complex incorporating organometallic ferrocene [Mn 4 Nd 4 (OH) 4 (fcdc) 2 (Piv) 8 (bdea) 4 ]·H 2 O; we report the X-ray structure and preliminary magnetic studies of this high-nuclearity cluster.