Syntheses, crystal structures, and characterization of two Mn(II) coordination polymers with bis(4-(1H-imidazol-1-yl) phenyl)methanone ligands

Two Mn(II) complexes, {[Mn(BIPMO)(2)Cl-2] center dot 2(H2O)}(n) (1) and {[Mn(BIPMO)(2) (SCN)(2)] center dot 2(CH3OH)}(n) (2) (BIPMO = bis(4-(1H-imidazol-1-yl) phenyl) methanone) with V-shaped BIPMO ligands, were synthesized and characterized by IR spectroscopy and elemental analyses along with their single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses. The Mn(II) ions in 1 and 2 are both six-coordinated to four nitrogen atoms of four BIPMO ligands and two anions (Cl- for 1, and SCN- for 2) to form a distorted octahedral geometry.