metal-organic compounds
The title compound, [Mn(C2H8N2)3]2[Sn2Te6], contains [Mn(en)3]2+ (en is ethylenediamine) complex cations and crystallographically centrosymmetric [Sn2Te6]4− anions in its monoclinic crystal structure. The five-membered chelate rings of symmetry-related cations exhibit either λλλ or δδδ conformations. Two SnTe4 tetrahedra edge-share to afford the hexatelluridodistannate(IV) anions, whose terminal Sn—Te bonds are significantly shorter than the bridging Sn—Te bonds.