Self-adaptation of manganese-chloride arrangement toward high spin Mn5(μ-Cl)4 cluster-based metal-organic framework with S=15/2

The self-adaptation of manganese-chloride arrangement with the tripodal ligand 1,3,5-tris(benzimidazoyl-1-ylmethyl)-2,4,6-trimethylbenzene (Me-3-TBzIm) afforded a rare 3D metal-organic framework, [Mn5Cl10(Me-3-TBzIm)(4)](n) (1) showing a high spin ground state with S = 15/2.