Source of materialToasolution of 2,2¢ -bipyridine (0.59 g, 3.78 mmol) in acetone (20 ml) was added asolution of MnBr 2 (0.40 g, 1.86 mmol) in H 2 O (10 ml), and stirred for 10 min at RT.The solvent was removedin vacuo, the residue washed with acetone and dried, giving ayellow powder (0.89 g). Crystals suitable for X-ray structure analysis were obtained via slow evaporation from awater solution. (7)
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