Acta Cryst. (2007). E63, m2127  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536807033302 ]

Bis(benzoato-²O,O')(2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline-²N,N')manganese(II)

P.-Z. Zhao, X.-P. Xuan and J.-G. Wang

Abstract: In the title compound, [Mn(C₇H₅O₂)₂(C₁₄H₁₂N₂)], the Mn^II ion is located on a twofold rotation axis and is coordinated by a bidentate 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline ligand and two bidentate benzoate anions in a distorted octahedral environment. The phenyl ring is disordered over two positions, with site occupancy factors of ca 0.57 and 0.43. The crystal packing is stabilized by - interactions between the 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline rings of neighboring molecules, with a distance between their ring planes of 3.443 Å.

Online 13 July 2007

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