title: Chlorido{4,4'-dichloro-2,2'-[1,2-phenyl-enebis(nitrilo-methyl-idyne)]diphenolato-κO,N,N',O'}(methanol-κO)manganese(III).
abstract: In the title complex, [Mn(C(20)H(12)Cl(2)N(2)O(2))Cl(CH(3)OH)], the Mn(III) atom is in an octa-hedral coordination geometry with the N(2)O(2) atoms of the doubly-deprotonated Schiff base forming a square around it. The chloride ion and the O atom of the methanol mol-ecule occupy the other two positions of the octa-hedron. The dihedral angle between the two outer phenolate rings of the tetra-dentate ligand is 20.27 (12)°. The central phenyl-ene ring makes dihedral angles of 18.62 (12) and 6.02 (12)° with the two outer phenolate rings. Hydrogen bonds of the O-H⋯Cl type link the mol-ecules into an infinite chain along [010]. These chains are arranged into sheets parallel to the ab plane and these sheets are connected by weak C-H⋯Cl inter-actions into a three-dimensional network. The crystal structure is further stabilized by C-H⋯π inter-actions.
authors.forename: Naser Eltaher
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Eltayeb
authors.forename: Siang Guan
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Teoh
authors.forename: Suchada
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chantrapromma
authors.forename: Hoong-Kun
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Fun
authors.forename: Rohana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Adnan