Bis[2,6-bis(4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazol-2-yl)pyridine]manganese(II) bis(perchlorate) acetonitrile solvate

• Main Authors: Shao-Ming Shang, Chun-Xia Ren, Xin Wang, Lu-De Lu, Xu-Jie Yang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: International Union of Crystallography 2009-09-01
• Series: Acta Crystallographica Section E
• Online Access: http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536809029195
• ISSN: 1600-5368

In the cation of the title compound, [Mn(C11H13N5)2](ClO4)2·CH3CN, the metal atom is located on a twofold rotation axis and is six-coordinated by six N atoms from two different 2,6-bis(4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazol-2-yl)pyridine (bip) ligands in a distorted octahedral geometry. The O atoms of the perchlorate anions are disordered with occupancies in the ratio 0.593 (10):0.407 (10). In the crystal, molecules are stabilized by two N—H...O hydrogen bonds, forming zigzag chains along the a axis, which are further interconnected by N—H...O hydrogen bonds and π–π interactions [centroid–centroid distance = 3.50 (1) Å] into a three-dimensional network.