[2-(2-Pyrid­yl)-1H-benzimidazole-[kappa]²N²,N³]bis­(p-toluato-[kappa]²O,O')­manganese(II)

In the title compound, [Mn(C₈H₇O₂)₂(C₁₂H₉N₃)], the manganese(II) centre is surrounded by three bidentate chelating ligands, namely, one 2-(2-pyrid­yl)benzimidazole ligand [Mn-N = 2.1954 (13) and 2.2595 (14) Å] and two p-toluate ligands [Mn-O = 2.1559 (13)-2.2748 (14) Å]. It displays a severely distorted octa­hedral geometry, with cis angles ranging from 58.87 (4) to 106.49 (5)°. Inter­molecular C-H...O hydrogen bonds between the p-toluate ligands link the mol­ecules into infinite chains, and every two neighbouring chains are further coupled by N-H...O and C-H...O hydrogen bonds between the 2-(2-pyrid­yl)benzimidazole and p-toluate ligands, leading to an infinite ribbon-like double-chain packing mode. The complete solid-state structure can be described as a three-dimensional supra­molecular framework, stabilized by these inter­molecular hydrogen-bonding inter­actions and possible C-H...[pi] inter­actions, as well as stacking inter­actions involving the 2-(2-pyrid­yl)benzimidazole ligands.