title: Bis(μ-carboxyl-atoethyl-phospho-nato)bis-[aqua-(2,2'-bipyridine)manganese(II)].
abstract: The title compound, [Mn(2)(HO(3)PCH(2)CH(2)COO)(2)(C(8)H(8)N(2))(2)(H(2)O)(2)], was obtained by hydro-thermal synthesis. The manganese(II) ions are six-coordinate and are linked by two 2-carboxy-ethyl-phospho-nate ligands, forming a centrosymmetric dimer. The Mn ions adopts a distorted octahedral coordination geometry. The dimers are further linked by O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds and π-π stacking inter-actions [centroid-centroid distance 4.2754 (4) Å].
authors.forename: Shao-Ming
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Ying
authors.forename: Yun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Qiu-Yan
authors.initials: QY
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Ya-Ping
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Xv
authors.forename: Dong-Sheng
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Liu