metal-organic compounds
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In the title ErIII–erythritol complex, [Er(NO3)3(C2H5OH)(C4H10O4)], the ErIII cation is chelated by one erythritol molecule, three nitrate anions and an ethanol molecule, completing an irregular ErO10 coordination geometry. The Er—O bond lengths are in the range 2.348 (3)–2.583 (3) Å. In the crystal, extensive O—HO hydrogen bonding links the molecules into a three-dimensional supramolecular structure.