Structure of [Yb(OH) (C12H8N2)2(H2O)2]2Cl4.2C12H8N2.CH3OH

The title compound, di-μ-hydroxo-bis[diaquabis(1,10-phenanthroline)ytterbium(III)] tetrachloride bis(1,10-phenanthroline) methanol solvate, lies around a crystallographic inversion center with symmetric [2.196 (2) and 2.208 (2) A] hydroxy bridges. Two terminal water molecules and two bidentate phenanthroline ligands (phen) complete the eight coordinate square-antiprismatic Yb coordination sphere. Two phen molecules and one methanol molecule are clathrated in the structure