Various aspects of the new development of organic-inorganic hybrid [N(CH
3
)
4
]
2
MnCl
4
single crystals have been discussed. The phase transition temperatures were determined to be 268 K (T
C2
) and 291 K (T
C1
), and the thermodynamic stability was maintained at temperatures up to 669 K. The crystal structures at 250 K (phase III), 275 K (phase II), and 300 K (phase I) are monoclinic, orthorhombic, and orthorhombic, respectively. Notably, while the
1
H and
13
C chemical shifts gradually changed near T
C1
and T
C2
, the
14
N resonance frequency exhibited a split in the number of signals near T
C1
. Furthermore, the shorter spin-lattice relaxation time T
1ρ
of
1
H than that of
13
C suggests facile energy transfer for
1
H. Additionally, analysing the temperature dependencies of T
1ρ
for
13
C revealed that the activation energy E
a
in phase I is approximately five times greater than those in phases III and II. The high E
a
observed in phase I primarily stems from the collective motion of the N(CH
3
)
4
group, which contrasts with the considerable freedom observed for the CH
3
group in phases III and II. These distinctive physical properties suggest potential applications for [N(CH
3
)
4
]
2
MnCl
4
as an organic‒inorganic hybrid material.
Supplementary Information
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1038/s41598-024-78376-5.