[en] An unprecedentate samarium complex of the molecular composition [{κ³-{(Ph₂CH)N=CH}₂C₄H₂N}{κ³-{(Ph₂CHN=CH)(Ph₂CHNCH)C₄H₂N}Sm}₂] (2), which was isolated by the reaction of a potassium salt of 2,5-bis{N-(diphenylmethyl)-iminomethyl}pyrrolyl ligand [K(THF)₂{(Ph₂CH)N=CH}₂C₄H₂N] (1) with anhydrous samarium diiodide in THF at 60 C through the in situ reduction of imine bond is presented. The homoleptic samarium complex [[κ³-{(Ph₂CH)-N=CH}₂C₄H₂N]₃Sm] (3) can also be obtained from the reaction of compound 1 with anhydrous samarium triiodide (SmI₃) in THF at 60 C. The molecular structures of complexes 2 and 3 were established by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The molecular structure of complex 2 reveals the formation of a C-C bond in the 2,5-bis{N-(diphenylmethyl)iminomethyl}pyrrole ligand moiety (Ph₂Py^-). However, complex 3 is a homoleptic samarium complex of three bis-iminopyrrolyl ligands. In complex 2, the samarium ion adopts an octahedral arrangement, whereas in complex 3, a distorted three face-centered trigonal prismatic mode of nine coordination is observed around the metal ion. (copyright 2017 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH and Co. KGaA, Weinheim)