metal-organic compounds
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In the three-dimensional tetrachlorophthalate-bridged title complex [Er(C8Cl4O4)(H2O)7](C8HCl4O4)·C8H2Cl4O4·H2O, the ErIII ion is coordinated in form of a distorted square antiprism by an O atom of a tetrachlorophthalate ligand and by seven water O atoms. Extensive hydrogen bonds establish a layered network structure extending parallel to (001).