Fig. 1: Synthesis and structure of the investigated cerium(III) complex Ce-1.

a Synthetic route for the complex. b Single crystal structure of the complex shown as ellipsoids at the 50% probability level, where yellow represents Ce, pink represents B, blue represents N, red represents O, grey represents C, and the hydrogens are omitted for clarity. c Single crystal structure of the complex shown in a space-fill style, where hydrogens are shown in white