Acta Cryst. (2007). E63, m2153-m2154  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536807033818 ]

Di--acetato-⁴O:O'--oxido-²O:O-bis[(acetic acid-O)bis(1H-imidazole-N³)magnesium(II)]

N. P. Stadie, R. Sanchez-Smith and T. L. Groy

Abstract: Magnesium acetate crystallizes upon reaction with imidazole in dimethylformamide at elevated temperatures to form the title magnesium acetate imidazole cluster species, [Mg₂(C₂H₃O₂)₂O(C₃H₄N₂)₄(C₂H₄O₂)₂], with two Mg atoms in octahedral coordination. The complex has crystallographic twofold rotation symmetry. Each Mg atom is coordinated by two imidazole ligands, two linking acetate bridging ligands, a terminal acetic acid ligand, and a bridging O atom lying on the symmetry axis.

Online 18 July 2007

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