Diaqua-bis[5-(2-pyridylmeth-yl)tetra-zolato-κ2 N 1,N 5]manganese(II)

Abstract

The title complex, [Mn(C7H6N5)2(H2O)2], was obtained by the in situ hydro-thermal reaction of MnCl2 with 2-(2-pyrid-yl)acetonitrile in the presence of NaN3. The MnII atom, which is located on an inversion centre, has a distorted octa-hedral coordination geometry formed by two water mol-ecules and two chelating ligands. Inter-molecular hydrogen bonds and π-π inter-actions (3.452 Å) stabilize the crystal structure and lead to the formation of a three-dimensional network.