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metal-organic compounds
The title compound, [Mn6O2(C2H3O2)10(C5H5N)4].C5H5N, consists of well separated units of [Mn6O2(OAc)10py4] complexes (OAc is acetate and py is pyridine) and pyridine solvent molecules. Six Mn atoms with distorted octahedral coordination spheres are connected by bridging oxo and acetato ligands. The Mn—O distances are between 1.892 (2) and 2.318 (3) Å, and the Mn—N distances are 2.287 (3) and 2.302 (4) Å. The magnetic moment at 300 K amounts to μexp = 5.66 µB.