Tetraaquabis[4-(dimethylamino)benzoato-κO]manganese(II) dihydrate

Abstract

The title MnII complex, [Mn(C9H10NO2)2(H2O)4]·2H2O, 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.