SYNTHESIS AND CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF AQUACHLOROBIS(1,10-PHENANTHROLINE)MANGANESE(II) NITROBENZOATE TRIHYDRATE

摘要

The title compound has been prepared and its crystal structure determined by X-ray diffraction methods. The complex salt consists of Mn(II) complex cations, benzoate anions and lattice water molecules. Mn(II) assumes a distorted octahedral geometry defined by two 1,10-phenan-throline (phen) ligands, a Cl~- ion and a water molecule. A comparison of bond distances and bond angles suggests electrostatic interaction between Mn(FI) and coordinated N atoms. The nitrobenzoate anion does not coordinate to the Mn atom but links with the complex cation via O-H…O hydrogen bonds. Aromatic stacking occurs between phen rings and between phen and benzoate.