Crystal structure of bis(μ-2-benzoylbenzoato-κ²O:O′)bis[bis(2,2′-bipyridine-κ²N,N′)manganese(II)] bis(perchlorate)

Abstract

The title compound, [Mn2(C6H5COC6H4COO)2(C10H8N2)4](ClO4)2, comprises a centrosymmetric binuclear cation and two perchlorate anions. In the complex cation, two MnII atoms are bridged by two O atoms of two different 2-benzoyl­benzoate ligands, each MnII atom being further coordinated by two 2,2′-bi­pyridine (bipy) ligands in a distorted octa­hedral environment. Within the binuclear mol­ecule, the Mn⋯Mn separation is 4.513 (7) Å. Inter­molecular C—H⋯O and C—H⋯ π inter­actions link the mol­ecules into a three-dimensional network.