Hydrothermal Synthesis and Structural Characterization of a Manganese(II) Wire Made Up of Octahedral and Square Pyramidal Mn(II) Ions

Abstract Hydrothermal reaction between Mn(II) ion and α-phenylcinnamic acid yields a 1D-chain complex, [Mn5L8(OH)2] (L = α-phenylcinnamate). [Mn5L8(OH)2] contains pentanuclear Mn(II) cores, α-phenylcinnamate and hydroxide ions as bridging ligands. The pentanuclear Mn(II) core consists of distorted octahedral {MnO6} and distorted square pyramidal {MnO5} linked through μ-carboxylate and μ3-hydroxide ligands. The octahedrons and the distorted square pyramids share the edges and vertexes to form 1D-chain structure.