title: cis-Bis(2,2'-bipyrimidine-κN,N)di-iodidomanganese(II).
abstract: The asymmetric unit of the title complex, [MnI(2)(C(8)H(6)N(4))(2)], contains one half of a neutral Mn(II) complex, with the entire molecule completed by the application of twofold symmetry. The Mn(II) ion is six-coordinated in a distorted octa-hedral environment defined by four N atoms of the two chelating 2,2'-bipyrimidine (bpym) ligands and two I(-) anions in a cis-N(4)I(2) coordination geometry. The dihedral angle between the least-squares planes of the two bpym ligands (r.m.s deviation for all non-H atoms = 0.063 Å) is 85.04 (6)°. In the crystal, complex mol-ecules are connected by C-H⋯N and C-H⋯I hydrogen bonds, forming a three-dimensional network. Mol-ecules are stacked in columns along the a axis. Along the c axis, successive mol-ecules stack in the opposite directions.
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