mu(3)-oxo-hexa-mu(2)-pivalato-(pivalic acid-kappa O)-bis(pyridine-kappa N)trimanganese(III,III,II)

Abstract

asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Mn-3(C5H9O2)(6)O(C5H5N)(2)(C5H10O2)], comprises two independent and similar [(Mn2MnO)-Mn-III-O-II{(CH3)(3)CCO2}(6)(py)(2)(CH3)(3)CCOOH] (py = pyridine) molecules each with an Mn-3(mu(3)-O) core. In each molecule, the Mn atoms have octahedral geometry with two coordinated pyridines bonded to two Mn-III and a terminal pivalic acid coordinated to the Mn-II atom.