metal-organic compounds
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In the title compound, [Ho(C6H12Cl3N3O2P)3(C18H15OP)], the HoIII ion is surrounded by six O atoms from the three bidentate N-[bis(dimethylamino)phosphinoyl]-2,2,2-trichloroacetamido ligands (L-) and by one O atom from the triphenylphosphine oxide ligand, with the formation of a distorted monocapped octahedron. In one ligand L-, the trichloromethyl group is rotationally disordered between two orientations in a 1:1 ratio, while two dimethylamino groups in another ligand L- are disordered between two conformations, each with the same 1:1 ratio.