Dysprosium acetylacetonate can be prepared by reacting dysprosium[2] or dysprosium hydride[3] with acetylacetone. Dy(acac)3·EtOH·0.5Hacac (where Hacac represents acetylacetone) can be obtained by electrolysis of dysprosium cathode in ethanol solution of acetylacetone, which can be heated to generate Dy(acac)3 through Dy(acac)3·EtOH.[4] It is a colorless solid. Its anhydrous form is stable in dry atmosphere and it forms a hydrate in humid air.[5] It can form Dy(acac)3·2CH3OH and Dy(acac)3·CH3OH·CH3CN in a methanol solution of acetonitrile.[6]
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^Trembovetskii, G. V.; Martynenko, L. I.; Murav'eva, I. A.; Spitsyn, V. Synthesis and study of volatile rare earth acetylacetonates. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 1984. 277 (6): 1411-1414. ISSN: 0002-3264. (in Russian)
^Pod'yachev, S. N.; Mustafina, A. R.; Vul'fson, S. G. Structure of tris(acetylacetonato)dysprosium and its monoadduct with acetonitrile in a methanol solution. Zhurnal Neorganicheskoi Khimii, 1994. 39 (1): 67-70. ISSN0044-457X. (in Russian)