Trichloridotris{N-[phen­yl(pyridin-2-yl)­methyl­idene]hydroxyl­amine-κ²N,N′}samarium(III)

The Sm^III ion in the title compound, [SmCl₃(C₁₂H₁₀N₂O)₃], shows a coordination number of nine with a slightly distorted tricapped trigonal prismatic geometry based on a Cl₃N₆ donor set. The mol­ecular structure is stabilized by three intra­molecular O—H...Cl hydrogen bonds.