Retraction: Tetra-Mu-2,5-Difluorobenzoato-Bis[(2,2'-Bipyridine)(2,5-Difluorobenzoato )Gadolinium (Iii)] (Retraction Of Vol 64, Pg M1142, 2008)

In the centrosymmetric title compound, [Gd(2)(C(7)H(3)F(2)O(2))(6)(C(10)H(8)N(2))(2)], the asymmetric unit comprises one cation chelated by two 2,5-difluoro-benzoate and one 2,2'-bipyridine. Two cations are linked into dimers via three bridging carboxyl-ate groups from three 2,5-difluoro-benzoic acid units. The Gd(III) ion is nine-coord-inated by seven O atoms and two N atoms.