Tris{2-meth-oxy-6-[(4-methyl-phen-yl)iminiometh-yl]phenolate-κO,O'}tris-(thio-cyanato-κN)europium(III).

The metal center in the structure of the title compound, [Eu(NCS)(3)(C(15)H(15)NO(2))(3)], is coordinated by three Schiff base 2-meth-oxy-6-[(4-methyl-phen-yl)iminiometh-yl]phenolate (L) ligands and three independent thio-cyanate ions. In the crystal structure, the acidic H atom is located on the Schiff base N atom and hydrogen bonded to the phenolate O atom. The coordination environment of the Eu(III) ion is nine-coordinate by three chelating methoxy-phenolate pairs of O atoms and three N-atom terminals of the thio-cyanate ions. The compound is isostructural with the Ce(III) analogue [Liu et al. (2009 ▶). Acta Cryst. E65, m650].