Tetraaquabis[4-(dimethylamino)benzoato-κ<i>O</i>]manganese(II) dihydrate

Abstract

The title Mn II complex, [Mn(C 9 H 10 NO 2 ) 2 (H 2 O) 4 ]·2H 2 O, is monomeric and centrosymmetric. It contains two 4-dimethylaminobenzoate ligands, four coordinated and two uncoordinated water molecules, all ligands being monodentate. The four O atoms in the equatorial plane around the Mn atom form a slightly distorted square-planar arrangement, while the distorted octahedral coordination is completed by the two water O atoms in the axial positions. In the crystal structure, intra- and intermolecular O—H...O hydrogen bonds link the molecules into chains.