title: Dichlorido(2,4,6-tri-2-pyridyl-1,3,5-triazine)manganese(II).
abstract: In the title complex, [MnCl(2)(C(18)H(12)N(6))], the Mn(II) ion is five-coordinated in an approximately square-pyramidal geometry defined by three N atoms of the tridentate 2,4,6-tri-2-pyridyl-1,3,5-triazine ligand and two Cl atoms. In the crystal, the mol-ecules are stacked in columns along the c axis and display inter-molecular π-π inter-actions between the six-membered rings, the shortest centroid-centroid distance being 3.553 (3)Å. Inter-molecular C-H⋯Cl contacts are also noted.
authors.affiliation: School of Applied Chemical Engineering, The Research Institute of Catalysis, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Kwang
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ha