Manganese(II) Triphenylacetate Hydrate, a Manganese(II) Complex with a Chain Structure

The crystal structure of catena-poly[[tetraaqua-2κ⁴O-μ-triphenylacetato-1:2κ²O:O'- bis(triphenylacetato)-1κ⁴O,O'-dimanganese(II)]-μ- triphenylacetato-2κO:1′κO'], [Mn₂(C₂₀H₁₅O₂)₄(H₂O)₄]_n, was determined at 294 K by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. This compound has a chain structure with repeating dimeric units containing two crystallographically independent Mn^II atoms bridged by sym–sym-(μ-triphenylacetato-O,O') groups via cis positions.

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