Catena-Poly[[[bis(methanol-κO)bis(selenocyanato-κN)manganese(II)]-μ-1,2-bis(pyridin-4-yl)ethane-κ2N:N′] 1,2-bis(pyridin-4-yl)ethane monosolvate

Abstract

The reaction of manganese seleno­cyanate with 1,2-bis­(pyridin-4-yl)ethane (bpa) leads to the title compound, {[Mn(NCSe)2(C12H12N2)(CH3OH)2]·C12H12N2}n. The MnII cation is coordinated by two N-bonded seleno­cyanate anions, two bpa ligands and two O-bonded methanol mol­ecules, within a slightly distorted octa­hedral geometry. The MnII cations and the non-coordinating N-donor ligands are located on centers of inversion while the coordinating N-donor co-ligands are located on a twofold rotation axis. In the crystal, the MnII cations are linked into chains along the c-axis direction by the bpa ligands. The chains are further connected via a non-coordinating bpa ligand into layers parallel to (3-10) via O—H⋯N hydrogen-bonding inter­actions.