(4-Oxido-2-oxo-1,2-dihydro-pyrimidine-5-carboxyl-ato-κO,O)(4-oxido-2-oxo-1,2-dihydro-pyrimidin-3-ium-5-carboxyl-ato-κO,O)bis-(1,10-phenanthroline-κN,N')gadolinium(III) dihydrate

A dense hydrogen-bonding network and an unusually large packing index in triaquatris(2,4-dioxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidine-5-carboxylato)neodymium(III) trihydrate

The title mononuclear complex, [Nd(C5H3N2O3)3(H2O)3]·3H2O, consists of an NdIIIcation, three 2,4-dioxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidine-5-carboxylate ligands and three aqua ligands forming the neutral complex molecule, and three solvent water molecules. The pyrimidinecarboxylate ligands act in a chelating manner,viacarboxylate and keto O atoms. The NdO9coordination polyhedron is in the form of a distorted monocapped square antiprism. The availability of numerous hydrogen-bonding donors and acceptors results in a very dense hydrogen-bonding network, the immediate effect of which is an unusually large packing index.

Bis[4-oxido-2-oxo-2,3-di-hydro-pyrimidin-1-ium-5-carboxyl-ato(1.5-)-κO,O]bis-(1,10-phenanthroline-κN,N')dysprosium(III) dihydrate

In the title compound, [Dy(C(5)H(2.5)N(2)O(4))(2)(C(12)H(8)N(2))(2)]·2H(2)O, the Dy(III) ion is located on a twofold rotation axis and is coordinated in a square-anti-prismatic geometry by two chelating 1,10-phenanthroline mol-ecules as well as two 4-oxido-2-oxo-2,3-di-hydro-pyrimidin-1-ium-5-carboxyl-ato(1.5-) anions. N-H⋯O and O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds help to stabilize the crystal structure. The H atom involved in an N-H⋯N hydrogen bond is disordered around a twofold rotation axis.