Acta Cryst. (2007). E63, m3025-m3026  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536807056644 ]

{2,6-Bis[1-(phenylimino)ethyl]pyridine}dichloridomanganese(II) dichloromethane hemisolvate

M.-P. Guo, G.-Q. Guo, H.-R. Guo, D.-C. Zhong and W.-Q. Zhou

Abstract: The title complex, [MnCl₂(C₂₁H₁₉N₃)]·0.5CH₂Cl₂ or [MnCl₂(Plep)]·0.5CH₂Cl₂ {Plep is 2,6-bis[1-(phenylimino)ethyl]pyridine, derived from the condensation of 2,6-diacetylpyridine and aniline in methanol} is composed of two crystallographically independent [MnCl₂(Plep)] neutral units and a CH₂Cl₂ solvent molecule. Both complex molecules have similar geometries in which the Mn^II atom is coordinated by the N atoms of pyridine and the two imine groups of a neutral Schiff base, and by two chloride anions in a distorted trigonal-bipyramidal geometry. The structure of each [MnCl₂(Plep)] unit exhibits a pseudo-mirror plane through the metal atom, two chloride anions and the pyridine ring. The crystal packing is stabilized by intermolecular C-HCl and C-H and interactions.

Online 14 November 2007

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