title: Chlorido{4,4',6,6'-tetra-tert-butyl-2,2'-[o-phenyl-enebis(nitrilo-methyl-idyne)]diphenolato-κO,N,N',O'}manganese(III).
abstract: The asymmetric unit of the title Schiff base complex, [Mn(C(36)H(46)N(2)O(2))Cl], comprises two crystallographically independent mol-ecules. The Mn(III) centre in each mol-ecule adopts a distorted square-pyramidal geometry. Each Mn(III) ion is coordinated by the N(2)O(2) atoms of the tetra-dentate Schiff base ligand forming the basal plane and the coordinated chloride anion occupies the apical position. Four bifurcated intra-molecular C-H⋯O contacts stabilize the mol-ecular structure. In the crystal packing, mol-ecules are linked into dimers via inter-molecular C-H⋯Cl contacts and further stabilized by C-H⋯π inter-actions. The crystal studied was a non-merohedral twin, the refined ratio of the twin components being 0.441 (1):0.559 (1).
authors.forename: Naser Eltaher
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Eltayeb
authors.forename: Siang Guan
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Teoh
authors.forename: Chin Sing
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Yeap
authors.forename: Hoong-Kun
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Fun
authors.forename: Rohana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Adnan