Bis[(2-methyl-benz-yl)bis-(pyridin-2-ylmethyl-κN)amine-κN]manganese(II) bis-(perchlorate).

ABSTRACT: In the title complex, [Mn(C20H21N3)2](ClO4)2, two tridentate (2-methyl-benz-yl)bis-(pyridin-2-ylmeth-yl)amine (L) ligands form the Mn(II) complex [MnL 2](ClO4)2. The Mn(II) ion lies on a twofold axis and the complex cation is significantly distorted from regular octa-hedral geometry. The packing is stabilized by weak C-H⋯O inter-actions between the cations and anions, which link them into a zigzag ribbon along [101]. The perchlorate anion is disordered and was constrained to be tetra-hedral with two orientations having occupancies of 0.768 (4) and 0.232 (4). The 2-methylbenzyl moiety is also disordered over two sets of sites, with occupancies of 0.508 (15) and 0.492 (15).

SUBMITTER: Butcher RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3998448 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature