“…Crystal structures of different tris(β-diketonato)manganese(III) complexes exhibit elongation JahnTeller distortion [2,3,4] or compression Jahn-Teller distortion [5,6,7]. Reported structures of [Mn(acetylacetonato) 3 ] include three different crystalline forms: namely a β form obtained at room temperature, which exhibited a moderate compression (TC) of the metal-ligand bonds along the zaxis of about 0.05 Å [5]; secondly, a γ form, also obtained at room temperature (RT), which showed a significant elongation (TE) of the metal-ligand bonds along the z-axis of about 0.18 Å [2]; and thirdly, a δ form, obtained at low temperature (LT) (100K), exhibiting a Jahn-Teller orthorhombic distortion [8].…”