Aqua(2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline-κ2N,N′)bis(2-hydroxybenzoato-κO)manganese(II) 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline hemisolvate

Abstract

In the asymmetric unit of the title complex, [Mn(C7H5O3)2(C14H12N2)(H2O)]·0.5C14H12N2, the MnII ion is coordinated by a bidentate 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline (dmphen) molecule, one water molecule and two monodentate 2-hydroxybenzoate anions in a distorted trigonal-bipyramidal geometry. The OH group of the 2-hydroxybenzoate anion is disordered over two positions with site-occupancy factors of 0.5. The asymmetric unit is completed with by an uncoordinated half-molecule of dmphen, disordered about a crystallographic twofold axis. In the crystal structure, molecules are linked into a two-dimensional framework by O—H...N, O—H...O and C—H...O hydrogen bonds. The packing of the structure is further stabilized by π–π stacking interactions involving dmphen molecules, with centroid–centroid separations of 3.8027 (3) and 3.6319 (3) Å.