Synthesis and crystal structure of oxo-bridged dimanganese(III) complex [MnIII(sa1pn)OH]2(CH3OH)(CH3CN)2

A dimanganese(III) complex [Mn(salpn)OH](2)(CH3OH)(CH3CN)(2) (1) has been synthesized and characterized structurally(salpn = N, N'-propanolbis(salcylideneiminato)dianion). The structure consists of centrosymmetric [Mn-2(salpn)(2)(OH)(2)] molecules with each Mn-III ion in a distorted octahedral environment: two nitrogen atoms and two oxygen atoms from the basal plane of Schiff-based ligand and two oxygen atoms from two hydroxides. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.