metal-organic compounds
(Croconato-κ2O,O′)bis(1,10-phenanthroline-κ2N,N′)manganese(II)
aState Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China, bFaculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Taishan Medical University, Taian 271000, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China, and cDepartment of Chemistry, University of Durham, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, England
*Correspondence e-mail: fangqi@sdu.edu.cn
The title complex, [Mn(C5O5)(C12H8N2)2], lies across a crystallographic twofold axis which passes through the Mn atom and bisects the croconate ligand. The two 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) ligands are arranged in a propeller manner and the local molecular geometry of the MnN4O2 unit is severely distorted octahedral. This may be interpreted as a structural perturbation of the MnN4 square by the croconate ligand. In the the dipole moments of the molecules are arranged alternately along the +b and −b directions. All the phen ligands are involved in π stacking interactions, alternately along the [110] and [10] directions. The alternate spacings between the neighbouring phen planes in the one-dimensional π stacks are 3.361 (2) and 3.526 (2) Å.
Related literature
For related literature, see: Chen et al. (2005, 2007); Coronado et al. (2007); Maji et al. (2003); Sletten et al. (1998); Wang et al. (2002).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 1997); cell SAINT (Bruker, 1999); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 1997); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 1997); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Bruker, 1997); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL.
Supporting information
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536807065841/fj2088sup1.cif
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[K2(C5O5)] (0.10 g) and MnCl2.4H2O (0.09 g) were dissolved in mixed solvent of water (15 ml) and dimethylformamide (10 ml). Then 1,10-phenanthroline (0.15 g) was added. The mixture was heated to 340–350 K under continuous stirring for 20 min and then filtered. The green prisms crystals were obtained by slow evaporation at 313 K.
All the H atoms were located in a difference Fourier map and refined in the isotropic approximation.
The croconate C5O52- anion has attracted increasing attention in recent years because this polydentate ligand gave rise to a variety of interesting complexes (Coronado et al., 2007; Chen et al., 2005; Maji et al., 2003; Wang et al., 2002; Sletten et al., 1998). Typically, the C5O52- anion can serve as a terminal bidentate ligand and a bridging ligand utilizing more than two O atoms for coordination. By comparison, the coordination chemistry of the neutral 1,10-phenanthroline bidentate ligand has been well studied.
Recently, we reported three mixed-ligand complexes [M(phen)2(C5O5)] (M=Co, Ni, Cu) (Chen et al., 2007), which have both croconate and 1,10-phenanthroline ligands. In this study, we report a new member of this family: [Mn(phen)2(C5O5)] which is isostructural to [Cu(phen)2(C5O5)].
[Mn(phen)2(C5O5)] shows following common features with other three known [M(phen)2(C5O5)] complexes: the molecule lies across twofold axis which is along the direction of the molecular
Around the molecular axis, two phen ligands are arranged in a chiral propeller manner. The C—O bond lengths involving coordinated O atoms are longer than those of other C—O bonds.The mean M—N bond lengths in [M(phen)2(C5O5)] series are 2.2515 (9), 2.124 (2), 2.080 (3), and 2.065 (2) Å for the Mn, Co, Ni, and Cu complexes respectively, showing monotonous shortening with increasing the
The M—O lengths in [M(phen)2(C5O5)] are 2.2163 (8), 2.120 (2), 2.098 (3), and 2.303 (2) Å for the Mn, Co, Ni, and Cu complexes respectively, showing a similar shortening tendency except for Cu complex which has the longest M—O length.The
of [Mn(phen)2(C5O5)] is close to [Cu(phen)2(C5O5)] while different from [Co(phen)2(C5O5)] and [Ni(phen)2(C5O5)]. The dihedral angles between the two phen planes for the Mn, Co, Ni, and Cu complexes are 46.5 (1), 85.7 (1), 86.0 (1), and 40.7 (1)°, respectively. In fact, the local polyhedral CoN4O2 and NiN4O2 in [M(phen)2(C5O5)] is close to the octahedral while MnN4O2 and CuN4O2 in their complexes is severely distorted from the octahedral. We can suppose that the Mn(II)(Cu(II)) ion intially combines two phen ligands forming a MnN4 (CuN4) square, and then this square is distorted by adding the croconato ligand. This supposition may be supported by the relatively longest Mn—O and Cu—O bond length mentioned above in these complexes.As shown in Fig.2, the dipole moments of [Mn(phen)2(C5O5)] molecules are arranged alternatively along +b and-b directions. All phen ligands are parallel packed with the π-stacks being alternatively along the [110] and [-110] directions. The spacings between the neighboring phen planes in this kind of 1-D π-stacks are 3.361 (2) and 3.526 (2) Å (alternatively spaced).
Both in the molecular view and in the crystal view, four [M(phen)2(C5O5)] members can be classified into two groups: the octahedral and Pbcn symmetric isostructural pair of [Co(phen)2(C5O5)] and [Ni(phen)2(C5O5)]; the non-octahedral and C2/c symmetric isostructural pair of [Mn(phen)2(C5O5)] and [Cu(phen)2(C5O5)]. The similarity between Mn and Cu complexes here may be related to the fact that the d-shell is half-filled for Mn(II) and almost full-filled for Cu(II) ions.
For related literature, see: Chen et al. (2005, 2007); Coronado et al. (2007); Maji et al. (2003); Sletten et al. (1998); Wang et al. (2002).
Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 1997); cell
SMART (Bruker, 1997); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 1999); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 1997); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 1997); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Bruker, 1997); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL (Bruker, 1997).[Mn(C5O5)(C12H8N2)2] | F(000) = 1132 |
Mr = 555.40 | Dx = 1.576 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, C2/c | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: -C 2yc | Cell parameters from 6761 reflections |
a = 14.9185 (6) Å | θ = 2.4–30.0° |
b = 10.3749 (4) Å | µ = 0.62 mm−1 |
c = 16.0859 (6) Å | T = 120 K |
β = 109.885 (1)° | Parallelepiped, green |
V = 2341.30 (16) Å3 | 0.44 × 0.33 × 0.22 mm |
Z = 4 |
Siemens SMART 1K CCD area-detector diffractometer | 3356 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 3214 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.020 |
Detector resolution: 8 pixels mm-1 | θmax = 30.0°, θmin = 2.4° |
φ and ω scans | h = −20→20 |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2006) | k = −14→14 |
Tmin = 0.617, Tmax = 0.746 | l = −22→22 |
16256 measured reflections |
Refinement on F2 | Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods |
Least-squares matrix: full | Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.026 | Hydrogen site location: difference Fourier map |
wR(F2) = 0.081 | All H-atom parameters refined |
S = 1.06 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0494P)2 + 1.5339P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
3356 reflections | (Δ/σ)max = 0.001 |
210 parameters | Δρmax = 0.50 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.22 e Å−3 |
[Mn(C5O5)(C12H8N2)2] | V = 2341.30 (16) Å3 |
Mr = 555.40 | Z = 4 |
Monoclinic, C2/c | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 14.9185 (6) Å | µ = 0.62 mm−1 |
b = 10.3749 (4) Å | T = 120 K |
c = 16.0859 (6) Å | 0.44 × 0.33 × 0.22 mm |
β = 109.885 (1)° |
Siemens SMART 1K CCD area-detector diffractometer | 3356 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2006) | 3214 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.617, Tmax = 0.746 | Rint = 0.020 |
16256 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.026 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.081 | All H-atom parameters refined |
S = 1.06 | Δρmax = 0.50 e Å−3 |
3356 reflections | Δρmin = −0.22 e Å−3 |
210 parameters |
Geometry. All e.s.d.'s (except the e.s.d. in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell e.s.d.'s are taken into account individually in the estimation of e.s.d.'s in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between e.s.d.'s in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell e.s.d.'s is used for estimating e.s.d.'s involving l.s. planes. |
Refinement. Refinement of F2 against ALL reflections. The weighted R-factor wR and goodness of fit S are based on F2, conventional R-factors R are based on F, with F set to zero for negative F2. The threshold expression of F2 > σ(F2) is used only for calculating R-factors(gt) etc. and is not relevant to the choice of reflections for refinement. R-factors based on F2 are statistically about twice as large as those based on F, and R- factors based on ALL data will be even larger. |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
Mn1 | 0.5000 | 0.26400 (2) | 0.2500 | 0.01622 (7) | |
O1 | 0.59885 (5) | 0.43062 (7) | 0.28042 (5) | 0.02103 (16) | |
O2 | 0.67021 (6) | 0.70377 (9) | 0.30364 (6) | 0.02748 (18) | |
O3 | 0.5000 | 0.87022 (11) | 0.2500 | 0.0219 (2) | |
N1 | 0.62594 (6) | 0.15684 (8) | 0.34684 (6) | 0.01795 (16) | |
N2 | 0.46304 (6) | 0.23245 (8) | 0.37113 (6) | 0.01674 (17) | |
C1 | 0.70739 (7) | 0.12417 (11) | 0.33554 (7) | 0.0215 (2) | |
H1 | 0.7115 (10) | 0.1353 (15) | 0.2787 (10) | 0.025 (4)* | |
C2 | 0.78638 (8) | 0.07591 (11) | 0.40428 (8) | 0.0236 (2) | |
H2 | 0.8456 (12) | 0.0555 (17) | 0.3931 (11) | 0.035 (4)* | |
C3 | 0.78032 (7) | 0.05937 (10) | 0.48675 (8) | 0.0216 (2) | |
H3 | 0.8314 (10) | 0.0290 (15) | 0.5356 (10) | 0.023 (3)* | |
C10 | 0.69459 (7) | 0.09129 (10) | 0.50113 (7) | 0.01780 (18) | |
C9 | 0.61971 (7) | 0.14089 (9) | 0.42867 (6) | 0.01610 (18) | |
C11 | 0.53204 (6) | 0.17845 (9) | 0.44123 (6) | 0.01574 (18) | |
C12 | 0.52078 (7) | 0.15896 (10) | 0.52374 (6) | 0.01709 (18) | |
C5 | 0.59808 (7) | 0.10556 (10) | 0.59570 (7) | 0.01991 (19) | |
H5 | 0.5877 (11) | 0.0922 (15) | 0.6492 (11) | 0.030 (4)* | |
C4 | 0.68188 (7) | 0.07441 (10) | 0.58486 (7) | 0.02041 (19) | |
H4 | 0.7324 (11) | 0.0420 (15) | 0.6319 (10) | 0.023 (3)* | |
C6 | 0.43206 (7) | 0.19283 (10) | 0.53119 (7) | 0.01892 (19) | |
H6 | 0.4204 (11) | 0.1750 (15) | 0.5844 (11) | 0.027 (4)* | |
C7 | 0.36277 (8) | 0.24697 (10) | 0.45998 (7) | 0.0194 (2) | |
H7 | 0.3036 (12) | 0.2722 (14) | 0.4624 (11) | 0.025 (4)* | |
C8 | 0.38134 (7) | 0.26697 (10) | 0.38121 (7) | 0.01831 (19) | |
H8 | 0.3372 (10) | 0.3074 (14) | 0.3314 (10) | 0.020 (3)* | |
C13 | 0.55136 (6) | 0.53447 (10) | 0.26577 (6) | 0.01663 (18) | |
C14 | 0.58663 (7) | 0.66724 (10) | 0.27693 (6) | 0.01791 (18) | |
C15 | 0.5000 | 0.75179 (14) | 0.2500 | 0.0172 (3) |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
Mn1 | 0.01278 (11) | 0.02053 (12) | 0.01434 (11) | 0.000 | 0.00330 (8) | 0.000 |
O1 | 0.0128 (3) | 0.0224 (4) | 0.0243 (4) | 0.0014 (3) | 0.0017 (3) | −0.0019 (3) |
O2 | 0.0147 (3) | 0.0294 (4) | 0.0350 (4) | −0.0044 (3) | 0.0041 (3) | −0.0040 (3) |
O3 | 0.0248 (5) | 0.0215 (5) | 0.0198 (5) | 0.000 | 0.0083 (4) | 0.000 |
N1 | 0.0156 (4) | 0.0193 (4) | 0.0190 (4) | 0.0014 (3) | 0.0061 (3) | 0.0006 (3) |
N2 | 0.0132 (4) | 0.0201 (4) | 0.0156 (4) | 0.0011 (3) | 0.0031 (3) | 0.0006 (3) |
C1 | 0.0192 (5) | 0.0234 (5) | 0.0236 (5) | 0.0032 (4) | 0.0094 (4) | 0.0018 (4) |
C2 | 0.0167 (4) | 0.0249 (5) | 0.0301 (5) | 0.0047 (4) | 0.0090 (4) | 0.0017 (4) |
C3 | 0.0147 (4) | 0.0218 (5) | 0.0256 (5) | 0.0033 (3) | 0.0034 (4) | 0.0011 (4) |
C10 | 0.0144 (4) | 0.0173 (4) | 0.0193 (4) | 0.0003 (3) | 0.0025 (3) | −0.0004 (3) |
C9 | 0.0136 (4) | 0.0160 (4) | 0.0175 (4) | −0.0001 (3) | 0.0037 (3) | −0.0007 (3) |
C11 | 0.0130 (4) | 0.0167 (4) | 0.0160 (4) | −0.0004 (3) | 0.0030 (3) | −0.0010 (3) |
C12 | 0.0155 (4) | 0.0186 (4) | 0.0155 (4) | −0.0010 (3) | 0.0032 (3) | −0.0021 (3) |
C5 | 0.0198 (4) | 0.0228 (5) | 0.0147 (4) | 0.0001 (4) | 0.0027 (3) | −0.0005 (3) |
C4 | 0.0174 (4) | 0.0219 (5) | 0.0176 (4) | 0.0012 (3) | 0.0003 (3) | 0.0003 (3) |
C6 | 0.0179 (4) | 0.0228 (5) | 0.0161 (4) | −0.0019 (4) | 0.0060 (3) | −0.0030 (4) |
C7 | 0.0150 (4) | 0.0239 (5) | 0.0196 (5) | 0.0005 (3) | 0.0064 (4) | −0.0022 (3) |
C8 | 0.0138 (4) | 0.0220 (5) | 0.0181 (5) | 0.0012 (3) | 0.0040 (3) | 0.0002 (3) |
C13 | 0.0119 (4) | 0.0230 (4) | 0.0134 (4) | −0.0001 (3) | 0.0023 (3) | −0.0011 (3) |
C14 | 0.0139 (4) | 0.0232 (5) | 0.0157 (4) | −0.0009 (3) | 0.0040 (3) | −0.0018 (3) |
C15 | 0.0150 (6) | 0.0234 (6) | 0.0130 (6) | 0.000 | 0.0046 (5) | 0.000 |
Mn1—O1 | 2.2163 (8) | C10—C9 | 1.4091 (13) |
Mn1—O1i | 2.2163 (8) | C10—C4 | 1.4333 (15) |
Mn1—N2 | 2.2222 (9) | C9—C11 | 1.4433 (13) |
Mn1—N2i | 2.2222 (9) | C11—C12 | 1.4080 (13) |
Mn1—N1i | 2.2807 (9) | C12—C6 | 1.4134 (13) |
Mn1—N1 | 2.2807 (9) | C12—C5 | 1.4383 (13) |
O1—C13 | 1.2668 (12) | C5—C4 | 1.3587 (15) |
O2—C14 | 1.2323 (12) | C5—H5 | 0.934 (17) |
O3—C15 | 1.2287 (18) | C4—H4 | 0.931 (15) |
N1—C1 | 1.3322 (13) | C6—C7 | 1.3750 (15) |
N1—C9 | 1.3607 (13) | C6—H6 | 0.947 (16) |
N2—C8 | 1.3321 (13) | C7—C8 | 1.4015 (15) |
N2—C11 | 1.3621 (12) | C7—H7 | 0.934 (17) |
C1—C2 | 1.4055 (15) | C8—H8 | 0.945 (14) |
C1—H1 | 0.944 (16) | C13—C13i | 1.4412 (18) |
C2—C3 | 1.3709 (16) | C13—C14 | 1.4637 (14) |
C2—H2 | 0.982 (17) | C14—C15 | 1.4989 (13) |
C3—C10 | 1.4143 (14) | C15—C14i | 1.4989 (13) |
C3—H3 | 0.943 (15) | ||
O1—Mn1—O1i | 77.48 (4) | N1—C9—C10 | 123.29 (9) |
O1—Mn1—N2 | 105.44 (3) | N1—C9—C11 | 117.77 (8) |
O1i—Mn1—N2 | 87.91 (3) | C10—C9—C11 | 118.94 (9) |
O1—Mn1—N2i | 87.91 (3) | N2—C11—C12 | 122.72 (9) |
O1i—Mn1—N2i | 105.44 (3) | N2—C11—C9 | 117.44 (9) |
N2—Mn1—N2i | 163.06 (5) | C12—C11—C9 | 119.84 (8) |
O1—Mn1—N1i | 149.62 (3) | C11—C12—C6 | 117.37 (9) |
O1i—Mn1—N1i | 84.13 (3) | C11—C12—C5 | 119.60 (9) |
N2—Mn1—N1i | 97.74 (3) | C6—C12—C5 | 123.03 (9) |
N2i—Mn1—N1i | 73.85 (3) | C4—C5—C12 | 120.61 (9) |
O1—Mn1—N1 | 84.13 (3) | C4—C5—H5 | 122.0 (10) |
O1i—Mn1—N1 | 149.62 (3) | C12—C5—H5 | 117.3 (10) |
N2—Mn1—N1 | 73.85 (3) | C5—C4—C10 | 120.87 (9) |
N2i—Mn1—N1 | 97.74 (3) | C5—C4—H4 | 120.5 (9) |
N1i—Mn1—N1 | 121.66 (5) | C10—C4—H4 | 118.6 (9) |
C13—O1—Mn1 | 109.53 (6) | C7—C6—C12 | 119.42 (9) |
C1—N1—C9 | 117.82 (9) | C7—C6—H6 | 121.0 (9) |
C1—N1—Mn1 | 127.48 (7) | C12—C6—H6 | 119.5 (9) |
C9—N1—Mn1 | 114.11 (6) | C6—C7—C8 | 119.34 (10) |
C8—N2—C11 | 118.35 (9) | C6—C7—H7 | 122.2 (10) |
C8—N2—Mn1 | 125.26 (7) | C8—C7—H7 | 118.5 (10) |
C11—N2—Mn1 | 116.32 (7) | N2—C8—C7 | 122.73 (10) |
N1—C1—C2 | 122.87 (10) | N2—C8—H8 | 114.7 (9) |
N1—C1—H1 | 117.6 (9) | C7—C8—H8 | 122.5 (9) |
C2—C1—H1 | 119.5 (9) | O1—C13—C13i | 121.73 (5) |
C3—C2—C1 | 119.50 (10) | O1—C13—C14 | 128.51 (8) |
C3—C2—H2 | 120.6 (10) | C13i—C13—C14 | 109.76 (5) |
C1—C2—H2 | 119.9 (10) | O2—C14—C13 | 127.67 (10) |
C2—C3—C10 | 119.33 (9) | O2—C14—C15 | 126.27 (10) |
C2—C3—H3 | 123.1 (9) | C13—C14—C15 | 106.06 (8) |
C10—C3—H3 | 117.5 (9) | O3—C15—C14i | 125.82 (6) |
C9—C10—C3 | 117.18 (9) | O3—C15—C14 | 125.82 (6) |
C9—C10—C4 | 120.06 (9) | C14i—C15—C14 | 108.36 (12) |
C3—C10—C4 | 122.76 (9) |
Symmetry code: (i) −x+1, y, −z+1/2. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | [Mn(C5O5)(C12H8N2)2] |
Mr | 555.40 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, C2/c |
Temperature (K) | 120 |
a, b, c (Å) | 14.9185 (6), 10.3749 (4), 16.0859 (6) |
β (°) | 109.885 (1) |
V (Å3) | 2341.30 (16) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.62 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.44 × 0.33 × 0.22 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Siemens SMART 1K CCD area-detector |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2006) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.617, 0.746 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 16256, 3356, 3214 |
Rint | 0.020 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.703 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.026, 0.081, 1.06 |
No. of reflections | 3356 |
No. of parameters | 210 |
H-atom treatment | All H-atom parameters refined |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.50, −0.22 |
Computer programs: SMART (Bruker, 1997), SAINT (Bruker, 1999), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 1997), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 1997), SHELXTL (Bruker, 1997).
Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant Nos. 50673054 and 20472044).
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The croconate C5O52- anion has attracted increasing attention in recent years because this polydentate ligand gave rise to a variety of interesting complexes (Coronado et al., 2007; Chen et al., 2005; Maji et al., 2003; Wang et al., 2002; Sletten et al., 1998). Typically, the C5O52- anion can serve as a terminal bidentate ligand and a bridging ligand utilizing more than two O atoms for coordination. By comparison, the coordination chemistry of the neutral 1,10-phenanthroline bidentate ligand has been well studied.
Recently, we reported three mixed-ligand complexes [M(phen)2(C5O5)] (M=Co, Ni, Cu) (Chen et al., 2007), which have both croconate and 1,10-phenanthroline ligands. In this study, we report a new member of this family: [Mn(phen)2(C5O5)] which is isostructural to [Cu(phen)2(C5O5)].
[Mn(phen)2(C5O5)] shows following common features with other three known [M(phen)2(C5O5)] complexes: the molecule lies across twofold axis which is along the direction of the molecular dipole moment. Around the molecular axis, two phen ligands are arranged in a chiral propeller manner. The C—O bond lengths involving coordinated O atoms are longer than those of other C—O bonds.
The mean M—N bond lengths in [M(phen)2(C5O5)] series are 2.2515 (9), 2.124 (2), 2.080 (3), and 2.065 (2) Å for the Mn, Co, Ni, and Cu complexes respectively, showing monotonous shortening with increasing the atomic number. The M—O lengths in [M(phen)2(C5O5)] are 2.2163 (8), 2.120 (2), 2.098 (3), and 2.303 (2) Å for the Mn, Co, Ni, and Cu complexes respectively, showing a similar shortening tendency except for Cu complex which has the longest M—O length.
The molecular conformation of [Mn(phen)2(C5O5)] is close to [Cu(phen)2(C5O5)] while different from [Co(phen)2(C5O5)] and [Ni(phen)2(C5O5)]. The dihedral angles between the two phen planes for the Mn, Co, Ni, and Cu complexes are 46.5 (1), 85.7 (1), 86.0 (1), and 40.7 (1)°, respectively. In fact, the local polyhedral CoN4O2 and NiN4O2 in [M(phen)2(C5O5)] is close to the octahedral while MnN4O2 and CuN4O2 in their complexes is severely distorted from the octahedral. We can suppose that the Mn(II)(Cu(II)) ion intially combines two phen ligands forming a MnN4 (CuN4) square, and then this square is distorted by adding the croconato ligand. This supposition may be supported by the relatively longest Mn—O and Cu—O bond length mentioned above in these complexes.
As shown in Fig.2, the dipole moments of [Mn(phen)2(C5O5)] molecules are arranged alternatively along +b and-b directions. All phen ligands are parallel packed with the π-stacks being alternatively along the [110] and [-110] directions. The spacings between the neighboring phen planes in this kind of 1-D π-stacks are 3.361 (2) and 3.526 (2) Å (alternatively spaced).
Both in the molecular view and in the crystal view, four [M(phen)2(C5O5)] members can be classified into two groups: the octahedral and Pbcn symmetric isostructural pair of [Co(phen)2(C5O5)] and [Ni(phen)2(C5O5)]; the non-octahedral and C2/c symmetric isostructural pair of [Mn(phen)2(C5O5)] and [Cu(phen)2(C5O5)]. The similarity between Mn and Cu complexes here may be related to the fact that the d-shell is half-filled for Mn(II) and almost full-filled for Cu(II) ions.