Treatment of diphenyl(3-thienyl)methanol HO–C(C
16
H
13
S) (
1
) with neodymium amide Nd[N(SiMe
3
)
2
]
3
leads to Nd[OC(C
16
H
13
S)]
3
(thf)
3
} • thf (
2
). Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis of
2
reveals a mononuclear compound with an approximately octahedral geometry around the neodymium metal centre. The electrochemical investigations show that the cyclic voltammograms of
1
and
2
are only dominated by the oxidation of the thiophene moieties. Luminescence studies performed on
2
reveal the typical f-f transitions of the Nd
III
ion and exhibit an energy transfer from the ligand to the lanthanide ion.