(4'-All-yloxy-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine-κN,N',N'')(dibenzoyl-methanido-κO,O')bis-(nitrato-κO,O')neodymium(III) acetonitrile solvate.

The title complex, [Nd(C(15)H(11)O(2))(NO(3))(2)(C(18)H(15)N(3)O)]·CH(3)CN or [Nd(altpy)(dbm)(NO(3))(2)]·CH(3)CN (altpy = 4'-all-yl-oxy-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine, dbm = dibenzoyl-methanide anion), has been synthesized from 4'-all-yloxy-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine, dibenzoyl-methanate and neodymium nitrate. The Nd(3+) atom is nine-coordinated by two O atoms from the bidentate dbm ligand, three N atoms from the tridentate altpy ligand and four O atoms from two nitrate anions that act as bidentate ligands and occupy mutually trans sites in a distorted monocapped square-anti-prismatic geometry.