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Two crystallographically equivalent [Zn2Nd(L)2] moieties lie in the inversion center linked by two (bdc)2\u2212 ligands leading to a heterohexanuclear dimer in which the carboxylato group bridges the ZnII and NdIII atoms. The heteropolynuclear 3d-4f coordination compound includes four ZnII atoms, two NdIII atoms, four completely deprotonated (L)2\u2212 units, two fully deprotonated (bdc)2\u2212 units, and two crystalling nitrate ions. All of the ZnII atoms in the ZnII-NdIII coordination compound possess trigonal bipyramidal geometries and the NdIII atoms possess distorted bicapped square antiprism coordination arrangements. 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