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metal-organic compounds
The title compound, (benzophenone-O)tris(η5-cylopentadienyl)dysprosium, [Dy(C5H5)3(C13H10O)], is a distorted tetrahedral coordination complex. The central dysprosium ion is η5-bonded to three cyclopentadienyl (Cp) groups and η1-bonded to one benzophenone molecule. The average Dy—O and Dy—C distances are 2.384 (3) and 2.733 (6) Å, respectively. The Dy—O—C angle is 170.6 (3)°.