10.1021/om5009132.s002 Raúl García-Rodríguez Raúl García-Rodríguez Hayley R. Simmonds Hayley R. Simmonds Dominic S. Wright Dominic S. Wright Formation of a Heterometallic Al<sup>III</sup>/Sm<sup>III</sup> Complex Involving a Novel [EtAl(2-py)<sub>2</sub>O]<sup>2–</sup> Ligand (2-py = 2‑Pyridyl) American Chemical Society 2014 novel multifunctional dianionic ligand EtAl formation Sm heterobimetallic sandwich compounds 2014-12-22 00:00:00 Dataset https://acs.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Formation_of_a_Heterometallic_Al_sup_III_sup_Sm_sup_III_sup_Complex_Involving_a_Novel_EtAl_2_py_sub_2_sub_O_sup_2_sup_Ligand_2_py_2_Pyridyl_/2223409 Controlled O<sub>2</sub> oxidation of the Sm­(II) sandwich compound [{EtAl­(2-py)<sub>3</sub>}<sub>2</sub>­Sm] (<b>1a</b>) gives the Sm­(III)/Al­(III) compound [{EtAl­(2-py)<sub>3</sub>}­{EtAl­(2-py)<sub>2</sub>O}­Sm]<sub>2</sub> (<b>2</b>), containing the novel multifunctional dianionic ligand [EtAl­(2-py)<sub>2</sub>­O]<sup>2–</sup>. The formation of an O-bridged Al-O-Sm arrangement in the structure of <b>2</b> is potentially relevant to the catalytic epoxidation of styrene with dry air using heterobimetallic sandwich compounds like <b>1a</b>.