Acta Cryst. (2011). E67, m1156  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536811029485 ]

Poly[bis[-1,4-bis(imidazol-1-ylmethyl)benzene]dichloridomanganese(II)]

C.-Z. Mei, W.-W. Shan and K.-H. Li

Abstract: In the crystal structure of the title compound, [MnCl₂(C₁₄H₁₄N₄)₂]_n, the Mn^II atom, lying on an inversion center, is coordinated by four N atoms from four 1,4-bis(imidazol-1-ylmethyl)benzene (bimb) ligands and two Cl^- anions in a distorted octahedral geometry. The bimb ligands bridge the Mn^II atoms, forming a two-dimensional polymeric complex, which is composed of a 52-membered [Mn₄(bimb)₄] ring with distances of 7.7812 (2) and 27.4731 (9) Å between opposite metal atoms. Weak C-H interactions are present in the crystal structure.

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