Poly[bis[μ-1,4-bis(1H-imidazol-5-yl)benzene-κ2N3:N3′]diformatomanganese(II)]

Abstract

In the title compound, [Mn(CHO2)2(C12H10N4)2]n, the MnII atom and the benzene ring of the ligand lie on an inversion centers. The MnII atom has an octahedral coordination environment composed of four N atoms from two different symmetry-related N-heterocyclic ligands forming the basal plane, and two O atoms from symmetry-related formate anions occupying the apical positions. The title compound forms a two-dimensional (4,4) net parallel to (100) with all the MnII atoms lying on a plane. The crystal structure is consolidated by intermolecular N—H...O hydrogen bonds..