Chemistry Letters, Vol.34, No.4, 526-527, 2005
Hydrothermal synthesis and structural characterization of a manganese(II) wire made up of octahedral and square pyramidal Mn(II) ions
Hydrothermal reaction between Mn(II) ion and ce-phenyl-cinnamic acid yields a 1D-chain complex, [Mn5L8(OH)(2)] (L = alpha-phenylcinnamate). [Mn5L8(OH)(2)] contains pentanuclear Mn(II) cores, alpha-phenylcinnamate and hydroxide ions as bridging ligands. The pentanuclear Mn(II) core consists of distorted octahedral {MnO6} and distorted square pyramidal {MnO5} linked through mu-carboxylate and mu(3)-hydroxide ligands. The octahedrons and the distorted square pyramids share the edges and vertexes to form 1D-chain structure.