“…In the previously reported structures of metal ionerythritol complexes, erythritol provide two hydroxyl groups to one metal ion, the other two to another metal ion or as tridendate ligand (1,2,3-hydroxyl groups) in some lanthanide nitrate-complexes or as non-coordinated molecule in one of the copper chloride-complexes [14,15,20,21]. Here erythritol also may serve as tridendate ligand, but 1,3,4, not 1,2,3-hydroxyl groups take part in coordination, therefore, a new coordination mode of erythritol occurs in the structure of NdE(II).…”