Five new homodinuclear lanthanide (III) complexes with a new tetrapodal thenylsalicylamide ligand (L), of formulae [Nd2L2 (NO3) 6 (CH3OH) 2]· 2H2O· 2CH3OH (1), and [Ln2L2 (NO3) 6 (CH3OH) 2]· 4CH3OH, Ln= Sm (2), Eu (3), Gd (4), Tb (5)) have been synthesized and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, elemental analysis, IR spectroscopy and molar conductance analysis. The two arms of L ligand arranged in a complementary head ...