New routes to copper–lanthanoid complexes–via a metal dimer

Abstract
The synthesis and structure of a dimeric copper complex of 6-chloro-2-hydroxypyridine [CILH] is reported; treatment with lanthanum nitrate gives a novel LaCu3 complex, and with ytterbium nitrate gives a new Yb2Cu2 complex, both of which are also structurally characterised.