Bis[(2-methyl-benz-yl)bis-(pyridin-2-ylmethyl-κN)amine-κN]manganese(II) bis-(perchlorate).
In the title complex, [Mn(C20H21N3)2](ClO4)2, two tridentate (2-methyl-benz-yl)bis-(pyridin-2-ylmeth-yl)amine (L) ligands form the Mn(II) complex [MnL 2](ClO4)2. The Mn(II) ion lies on a twofold axis and the complex cation is significantly distorted from regular octa-hedral geometry. The packing is stabilized by weak C-H⋯O inter-actions between the cations and anions, which link them into a zigzag ribbon along [101]. The perchlorate anion is disordered and was constrained to be tetra-hedral with two orientations having occupancies of 0.768 (4) and 0.232 (4). The 2-methylbenzyl moiety is also disordered over two sets of sites, with occupancies of 0.508 (15) and 0.492 (15).
Department of Chemistry, Howard University, 525 College Street NW, Washington, DC 20059, USA.
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Department of Chemistry, Howard University, 525 College Street NW, Washington, DC 20059, USA.
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Department of Chemistry, Howard University, 525 College Street NW, Washington, DC 20059, USA.
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