Molecular Chains in the Crystals of a Calcium(II) Complex with Pyridine-3,5-Dicarboxylate (Dinicotinate) and Water Ligands

The crystal of pentaqua (catena-pyridine-3,5-dicarboxylato-O,O) calcium(II) contain zigzag molecular chains composed of Ca ions linked by two bridging oxygen atoms, each donated by one carboxylate group [Ca-O1 2.353(2) Å, Ca-O3^III 2.334(1) Å]. The Ca ions, the ligand molecules and one water oxygen atom coordinated by each metal ion [Ca-O5 2.410(2) Å] are coplanar. The coordination of the Ca ion is completed by four other water oxygen atoms situated above and below the plane of the chain [Ca-O6 2.475(1) Å, Ca-O7 2.371(2) Å]. The coordination number of the calcium(II) ion is seven. The water molecules act as donors in a system of hydrogen bonds.     

The Crystal and Molecular Structure of a New Calcium(II) Complex with Pyridine-2,6-DiCarboxylate,Water and Nitrate Ligands

Crystals of {catena-[μ-aqua-O]bis[μ-pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylato-O,N-O']} {[monoaqua-nitrato, O-calcium(II)] [diaqua-calcium(II)]} contain dimeric units composed of two calcium(II) ions and two ligand molecules, in which the calcium ions are bridged by two bidentate oxygen atoms, each donated by one carboxylic group of the ligand. The Ca(II) ion is also coordinated by one oxygen atom of the second carboxylate group and the hetero-ring nitrogen atom belonging to the same ligand molecule. The dimers form molecular chains through protons situated at the symmetry centers halfway between the non-bridging carboxylate oxygen atoms. In addition, both calcium ions in the dimer are bridged to calcium ions in adjacent dimers - each by a pair water oxygen molecules giving rise to two-dimensional molecular sheets. Coordination of the Ca ion in the dimer is completed either by two water oxygen atoms or by one water oxygen atom and an oxygen atom donated by a nitrate group. The molecular sheets are held together by an extended system of hydrogen bonds.     

Molecular chains in the structure of a Zinc(Ii) Complex with Pyrazine-2,6-Dicarboxylate and Water Ligands

Crystals of catena-[diaqua-(μ-pyrazine-2,6-dicarboxylato-N,O,O′-μ-N′)]zinc(II) contain molecular chains in which the Zn(II) ions are bridged by pyrazine-2,6-dicarboxylate ligands via two symmetry-related oxygen atoms, each donated by a different carboxylic group [Zn–O(1) and O(1) ^I : 2.182(2)?Å] and the hetero-ring nitrogen atom [Zn–N(1): 2.049(3)?Å] situated between them on one side and the second hetero-ring nitrogen atom [Zn–N(2) ^II 2.118(3)?Å] from the adjacent ligand on the other. The Zn(II) ion and four coordinating atoms are coplanar. Two symmetry related water molecules [Zn–O3 and O: 2.116(2)?Å] situated above and below this plane complete the coordination around the Zn(II) ion to six atoms forming a distorted octahedron.     

The Crystal Structures of Two Calcium(II) Complexes with Pyrazine- 2,6-Dicarboxylate and Water Ligands

The structure of catena-{bis[(μ-aqua)(diaqua)(pyrazine-2,6-dicarboxylato-O,N-μ-O')](calcium(II)} consists of dimeric units composed of two calcium(II) ions, two ligand molecules and six water molecules. The calcium ions are bridged by two bidentate oxygen atoms, each donated by one carboxylic group of the ligand. The Ca(II) ion is also coordinated by one oxygen atom of the second carboxylate group and the hetero-ring nitrogen atom belonging to the same ligand molecule. Both calcium ions in a dimer are bridged to the Ca(II) ions in adjacent dimers by a pair of water molecules forming infinite molecular ribbons. In addition, each Ca(II) ion is coordinated by three water molecules; one of them is used for bridging the adjacent dimer. The coordination polyhedron around the Ca(II) ion is a pentagonal bipyramid with two apices above and one apex below the equatorial plane. The same molecular pattern is observed in the structure of catena-{bis[(μ-aqua)(diaqua)(pyrazine-2,6-dicarboxylato-O,N-μ-O')](calcium(II)} dihydrate which, in addition, contains two solvation water molecules per unit cell. In both compounds the molecular ribbons are held together by extended systems of hydrogen bonds.     

The Crystal Structures of Two Polymorphic Forms of a Calcium(II) Complex with Pyridine-2,6-Dicarboxylate,Water and Nitrate Ligands

The calcium (II) complex: catena-mono(μ-pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylato-O:O:N;O') (diaqua-O)mono (nitrato-O:O)calcium(II) exists in two polymorphic forms. Each contains molecular ribbons in which adjacent Ca(II) ions are bridged by monodentate oxygen atoms donated by one carboxylate group of the pyridine-2,6-carboxylate ligand. Apart from this bridging oxygen atom, the Ca(II) ion is coordinated by two carboxylate oxygen atoms contributed by a different carboxylate group of the ligand molecule, the heteroring nitrogen atom, two water oxygen atoms and two oxygen atoms of a nitrate group giving rise to a distorted pentagonal bipyramid as a coordination polyhedron. The structures of the polymorphic modifications differ in the way in which the nitrate ligands are oriented with respect to the equatorial planes of the adjacent Ca(II) coordination polyhedra: the trans mode in the α-form; the cis mode in the β-form. In both forms, hydrogen bonds operate between the carboxylate oxygen atoms, water oxygen atoms and nitrate oxygen atoms.     

Crystal structure of a calcium(II) complex with pyrazine-2,3-dicarboxylate,nitrate and water ligands

The structure of catena-[tris(aquo-O)(nitrato-O,O′)(µ-hydrogen pyrazine-2,3-dicarboxylato-O,N–O′,N′)calcium(II)][tetra(aquo-O)(μ-hydrogen pyrazine-2,3-dicarboxylato-O,N–O′,N′) calcium(I)] nitrate, {Ca[H(2,3-PZDC)](H₃O)₃(NO₃)}{Ca[H(2,3-PZDC)](H₂O)₄}⁺ (NO₃)^?, is composed of molecular ribbons in which calcium atoms are bridged by both N,O-bonding moieties of singly deprotonated ligand molecules. The hydrogen atom donated by one carboxylic group is linked by a short intramolecular hydrogen bond of 2.37 Å to an oxygen atom of the second carboxylic group of the same ligand. Two crystallographically independent Ca(II) ions exhibit different coordination modes. One is coordinated by two bonding moieties of the bridging ligand molecules, three water oxygen atoms and two oxygen atoms of a nitrate ligand. The other calcium ion is chelated by two bonding moieties donated by the bridging ligand molecules and four water oxygen atoms, forming a positively charged assembly with a nitrate anion located nearby. The coordination polyhedron of the first calcium ion is a strongly deformed bicapped pentagonal bipyramid with nine-coordinated atoms; the second calcium ion is also in a strongly deformed pentagonal bipyramid with one apex on one side of the equatorial plane and two apices on the other. Coordinated water oxygen atoms act as donors in a hydrogen-bond network.     

Crystal structures of two Ca(II) complexes with imidazole-4,5-dicarboxylate and water ligands

The structure of compound I: poly-diaqua(μ-imidazole-4,5-dicarboxylato-N,O; -O′; -O′′, -O′′′) calcium(II) monohydrate [Ca(C₅H₂N₂O₄)(H₂O)₂·H₂O] is built of molecular sheets in which imidazole-4,5-dicarboxylate ligands bridge the metal ions using both carboxylate groups, each bidentate. Ca(II) is coordinated by six oxygen atoms and one hetero-ring nitrogen atom distributed at the apices of a capped tetragonal bipyramid. The basal plane of the pyramid is formed by two carboxylate oxygen atoms [d(Ca–O2?=?2.374(1)?Å, d(Ca–O4)?=?2.412(1)?Å] and two water oxygen atoms [d(Ca–O5)?=?2.384(1)?Å, d(Ca–O6)?=?2.455(1)?Å], the capped position is occupied by the carboxylate oxygen atom O3 [d(Ca–O3)?=?2.325(1)?Å], the hetero-ring nitrogen atom [d(Ca–N2)?=?2.523(1)?Å] and the carboxylate oxygen atom O4 [d(Ca–O2)?= 2.412(1)?Å] form the apices of the prism. The solvation water molecule plays a significant role in a framework of hydrogen bonds responsible for the stability of the crystal. The structure of compound II: trans-tetraquadi(H-imidazole-4,5-dicarboxylato-N,O) calcium(II) monohydrate, [Ca(C₅H₃N₂O₄)₂(H₂O)₄·H₂O] consists of monomers in which the Ca(II) ion is located on a centre of symmetry. The coordination around the Ca(II) is a strongly deformed pentagonal bipyramidal with the imidazole-4,5-dicarboxylate (4,5-IDA) ligands in the trans arrangement forming a dihedral angle of 68.3°. An imidazole-ring nitrogen atom [d(Ca–N)?=?2.632(2)?Å] and one carboxylate O atom [d(Ca–O)?=?2.531(2)?Å] from each ligand coordinate to the metal ion. The coordination is completed by four water oxygen atoms [d(Ca–O)?=?2.393(2)?Å] and [d(Ca–O)?=?2.367(2)?Å]. The coordinated water molecules act as hydrogen bond donors and acceptors to the unbonded carboxylate oxygen atoms in adjacent monomers giving rise to a three-dimensional molecular network.     

MOLECULAR RIBBONS COMPOSED OF CALCIUM(II) IONS BRIDGED BY CARBOXYLATE AND WATER OXYGEN ATOMS IN THE CRYSTALS OF Ca(II) COMPLEX WITH 5-METHYLPYRAZINE-2-CARBOXYLATE LIGANDS

Abstract

Crystals of monoaquo(μ-5-methylpyrazine-2-carboxylato-N,O,O′), (5-methylpyrazine-2-carboxyato-N,O)di(μ-aquo-O,O)calcium(II) contain molecular ribbons in which two adjacent calcium(II) ions are bridged by two bidentate oxygen atoms donated by two ligand molecules on one side and bidentate oxygen atoms of two water molecules on the other. The coordination polyhedron around the Ca(II) ion is a pentagonal bipyramid. The vertices of its pentagonal base are composed of two bridging water oxygen atoms, two carboxylate oxygen atoms of two ligand molecules and a nitrogen atom belonging to one of the bridging ligands. A coordinated water molecule constitutes the apex of the pyramid on one side of the base, while the N, O bonding moiety of a second ligand molecule makes two apices on the other side of the base. The ribbons are held together by a system of hydrogen bonds.     

The Crystal Structures of Pyrazine-2,6-Dicarboxylic Acid DihydRAte and Hexaaquamagnesium(II) Pyrazine-2,6-Dicarboxylate

The crystals of the pyrazine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid dihydrate [C 4 H 2 N 2 (COOH) 2 ]·2H 2 O or H 2 (2,6-PZDC)] crystallize in the monoclinic system, space group C2/m. Their structure is composed of planar layers in which the acid and the water molecules interact via a network of hydrogen bonds. The layers are also hydrogen bonded. Hexaaquamagnesium(II) pyrazine-2,6-dicarboxylate [Mg(H 2 O) 6 ] 2+ [C 4 H 2 N 2 (COO) 2 ] 2 m crystallizes in the monoclinic system, space group P2 1 / n . The magnesium(II) cation is surrounded by six water molecules located at the apices of an almost regular octahedron with the mean Mg-O bond distance of 2.068 Å. The 2,6-PZDC anions are planar and are acceptors in a network of hydrogen bonds donated by the coordinated water molecules.     

Synthesis,Crystal Structure and Magnetic Properties of a Two-Dimensional Heterometallic Assembly ∣[Mn(salen)]∣2∣[Ni(CN)4∣·1/2H2O

A heterometallic assembly, [Mn(salen)]₂[Ni(CN)₄ ]·1/2H₂O (where salen=N, N'-ethylene-bis(salicylideneiminato)-dianion), has been prepared from the reaction of [Mn(salen)H₂O]ClO₄ ·H₂O with K₂ [Ni(CN)₄ ]·H₂O in methanol/water. The compound crystallizes in the tetragonal space group P 4/ncc with the cell dimensions of a =14.604(2) Å, c =16.949(3) Å, and Z=4. The compound assumes a two-dimensional distorted square network structure, formed from Ni―CN―Mn(salen)―NC―Ni linkages with dimensions of Ni―C = 1.867(7)Å, Mn―N - 2.312(6) Å, Mn―N―C - 163.8(6)° Ni―C―N = 178.4(6)°. The two metal atoms Ni(II) and MN(III) have square and slightly distorted octahedral arrangements, respectively. Magnetic susceptibility measurements indicate the presence of an intramolecular antiferro-magnetic interaction and gives a Mn―Mn exchange integral of ?3.2cm^?1.     

The Crystal and Molecular Structures of Pb(II) Complexes with Furan-2-Carboxylate and Furan-3-Carboxylate Ligands

The crystals of Pb(II) 2-furancarboxylate (title compound I) contain tetrameric structural units Pb₄(2-FCA)₈(H₂O₂) in which four Pb(II) ions are bridged by carboxylate oxygen atoms forming a circular moiety. In addition, pairs of Pb(II) ions are bridged by carboxylate oxygen atoms inside this moiety. The molecular pattern observed in Pb(II) 3-furancarboxylate (title compound II) is polymeric. It consists of Pb(3-FCA)₂(H₂O) structural units bridged by carboxylate oxygen atoms donated by the furan-3-carboxylate (3-FCA) ligands which are bidentate, using both their carboxylate oxygen atoms for chelation. The coordination around Pb(II) ions is eightfold and ninefold including, apart from carboxylate oxygen atoms, a water oxygen atom and oxygen atoms donated by the furan rings of the ligand molecules. Hydrogen bonds with the water molecule as the donor operate between adjacent ligand molecules. The stereochemical activity of the lone 6s ² electron pair on the Pb(II) is observed in title compound II.     

Three-dimensional polymeric molecular pattern in the structure of a Ca(II) complex with pyrazine-2,3,5,6-tetracarboxylate and water ligands

Triclinic unit cell [space group P 1] of the calcium(II) complex with pyrazine-2,3,5,6-tetracarboxylate (2,3,5,6-PZTC) and water ligands [poly-bis(μ-aqua)di(μ-pyrazine-2,3,5,6-tetracarboxylate)tetracalcium(II)] contains four Ca(II) ions in two symmetry independent sites, two 2,3,5,6-PZTC ligands with their geometrical centers at the inversion centers at 0, 1/2, 1/2 and 0, 1/2, 0 and two coordinated water molecules. Metal ions are bridged by the ligand molecules via their N,O bonding moieties and carboxylate oxygen atoms as well as coordinated water oxygen atoms producing a densely packed three-dimensional molecular pattern. The Ca1 ion coordinates eight atoms at the corners of a distorted bicapped tetragonal bipyramid. The coordination number of the Ca2 ion is seven in a strongly distorted pentagonal bipyramid. The pyrazine ring planes of the ligands are parallel to each other forming molecular sheets stacked normal to the a axis. They are interconnected by carboxylate oxygen atoms coordinating calcium ions located between the adjacent sheets.     

Two-dimensional molecular pattern in the structure of a calcium(II) complex with pyrazine-2,3-dicarboxylate and water ligands

The structure of di(aquo-O)(pyrazine-2,3-dicarboxylato-N,O; -O′,O′′) calcium(II) hydrate [Ca(2,3-PZDC)(H₂O)₂·;H₂O] contains molecular sheets in which Ca(II) ions are bridged by the carboxylate groups of the ligand molecules. Two bridging paths are evident. In the first, an N,O-bonding moiety formed by a hetero-ring nitrogen atom and the carboxylate oxygen atom nearest to it and both oxygen atoms of the second carboxylic group are active. The second path is formed by the other oxygen atom from the carboxylic group involved in the N,O-bonding moiety and an oxygen atom from the second carboxylic group. The latter atom is bidentate. A two-dimensional molecular pattern is formed. Each Ca(II) ion is also coordinated by two water oxygen atoms, making the number of coordinated atoms eight. The coordination polyhedron is a distorted pentagonal bipyramid with an oxygen atom at the apex on one side of the equatorial plane and two oxygen atoms forming the apices on the other side.     

Doubly bridged molecular ribbons in the structure of an ionic complex,hydronium zinc(II) pyrazine-2,3-dicarboxylate

The structure of dihydronium [catena-bis(μ-pyrazine-2,3-dicarboxylato-N,O,O′)zinc(II)], (H3O)2[Zn(2,3PZDC)2], is composed of polyanionic ribbons of zinc(II) ions linked by double bridging 2,3-PZDC ligand molecules. Each ligand uses an N,O bonding moiety formed by one carboxylic group [Zn–O 2.071(2)?Å; Zn–N 2.184(2)?Å] and a monodentate oxygen atom of the other carboxylate group [Zn–O 2.092(2)?Å]. Coordination around the zinc(II) ion is strongly distorted octahedral. Hydronium cations (H₃O)¹⁺ link the ribbons by hydrogen bonds.     

Synthesis of the new ligand bis[3-(2-pyrazinyl-pyrazol-1-yl) dihydroborate,and the crystal structures of its complexes with thallium(I) and lead(II)

Reaction of 3-(2-pyrazinyl)pyrazole with KBH₄ in a 21:1 ratio afforded the new ligand bis3, 2, 1dihydroborate [L]⁻a bis(pyrazolyl)borate in which each pyrazolyl ring is functionalised with a pyrazin-2-yl group at the C³ position[L]⁻ is therefore a potentially chelating tetradentate ligand with two externally-directed N atoms (the pyrazinyl N⁴ atoms) which are available for additional metal–ion bindingleading to eg coordination polymers The crystal structure of [TlL] shows it to be a simple mononuclear complex with the Tl(I) ion coordinated in the N₄ binding pocket of the ligandand the externally-directed N atoms involved only in intermolecular N H–C hydrogen-bonding interactions The two Tl–N bonds to the pyrazolyl N² atoms (average length 270 Å) are much shorter than the bonds to the pyrazinyl N¹ atoms (average length 305 Å) also there is an obvious gap in the apical position of the metal–ion coordination sphere characteristic of a stereochemically active lone pair The crystal structure of [PbL₂] Et₂O shows that the Pb(II) centre is nine-coordinate with two tetradentate chelating ligands and the ninth donor being a pyrazinyl N⁴ atom from an adjacent complex unit The molecules therefore form infinite one-dimensional chains in the crystal via bridging pyrazinyl groups The coordination geometry about the Pb(II) ions is approximately capped square antiprismatic with no obvious gap in the coordination sphere suggesting that the lone pair is stereochemically inactive.     

Catenated polymeric molecular patterns in structures of two calcium(II) complexes with pyridine-2,3-dicarboxylate (quinolinic) and water ligands

The structure of triclinic catena-tetraquo(μ-pyridine-2,3-dicarboxylato-N,O; O′)calcium(II) is composed of two symmetry independent Ca(II) ions and two independent ligand molecules. Each Ca(II) is coordinated by a N,O-bonding moiety of a ligand, four water oxygens, and a carboxylate oxygen donated by an adjacent bridging ligand. The resulting molecular ribbons are propagating in the [010] crystal direction. Both Ca(II) ions are eight coordinate forming a capped pentagonal bipyramidal with strongly distorted pentagonal equatorial planes. Hydrogen bonds between carboxylate oxygens and coordinated waters are responsible for the stability of the structure. The orthorhombic structure of catena-trisaquo[(μ-2, 3-dicarboxypyridin-1-ium-O,O′; O′′) (H pyridine-2,3-dicarboxylato-N,O)]calcium(II) is composed of molecular ribbons in which the bridging of Ca(II) ions occurs through a ligand using one bidentate carboxylate. The other carboxylate of this ligand donates only one O atom to Ca(II), the second remaining inactive. A proton is attached to the hetero-nitrogen. Each Ca(II) is also chelated by a N,O-bonding moiety of a second ligand, which does not bridge and its second carboxylate remains protonated. Three water oxygen atoms complete the coordination around the Ca(II) ion to eight. The resulting coordination polyhedron is a capped pentagonal bipyramid with a strongly distorted equatorial plane. Hydrogen bonds in which coordinated waters act as donors are responsible for the stability of the structure.     

A novel O–Zn bridging polymer complex of 2,6‐bis[bis(carboxylatomethyl)aminomethyl]‐4‐methylphenolate

A new one‐dimensional coordination polymer, catena‐poly[[acetatohexaaqua{μ₄‐2,6‐bis[bis(carboxylatomethyl)aminomethyl]‐4‐methylphenolato}trizinc(II)] octahydrate], [Zn₃(C₁₇H₁₇N₂O₉)(C₂H₃O₂)(H₂O)₆]·8H₂O, is a trinuclear complex consisting of three zinc centers joined by a phenolate bridge and Zn(H₂O)₄ units. In each complex polymer unit, the three Zn atoms have different coordination modes. Of the two phenolate‐bridged Zn ions, one adopts a distorted octahedral coordination composed of two carboxylate ligands, one tertiary N atom, two water molecules and the bridging phenolate ligand, while the other adopts a pyramidal geometry composed of two carboxylate ligands, one tertiary N atom from another coordination arm, one acetate anion as the counter‐anion and the bridging phenolate ligand. The third type of Zn centre is represented by two independent Zn atoms lying on inversion centres. They both have an octahedral coordination consisting of four O atoms from four water molecules and two acetate carbonyl O atoms from the ligand. The latter Zn atoms join the above‐mentioned binuclear complex units through O atoms of the carboxylate groups into an infinite chain. Neighboring aromatic rings are distributed above and below the chain in an alternating manner. Between the coordination chains, the Zn...Zn separations are 5.750 (4) and 6.806 (4) Å. The whole structure is stabilized by hydrogen bonds formed mainly by solvent water molecules.     

POLYMERIC MOLECULAR PATTERN IN THE CRYSTALS OF A CALCIUM(II) COMPLEX WITH PYRIDINE-3,4-DICARBOXYLATE AND WATER LIGANDS

Abstract

Crystals of triaquamono (μ-pyridine-3,4-dicarboxylato-O,O′,O,O′)(aqua-O)calcium(II) contain molecular ribbons in which two adjacent calcium ions are bridged via oxygen atoms donated by the carboxylate group attached to carbon atom “3” in the pyridine ring. Both oxygen atoms are bidentate, each being coordinated to two caloium ions. In addition, every second pair of calcium(II) ions is bridged by a water oxygen atom. The coordination polyhedron around the calcium(II) ion is pentagonal bipyramidal; its equatorial plane is composed of two bridging oxygen atoms each belonging to the carboxylate group of the adjacent ligands, the bridging water oxygen atom and two coordinated water molecules. Another coordinated water oxygen atom constitutes the apex of the pyramid on one side of the pentagon, while two bridging carboxylate oxygen atoms donated by the same carboxylate group make two apices on the other side of the pentagon. The pyridine hetero-ring nitrogen atom does not participate in coordination to the central ion. Both oxygen atoms of the carboxylate group attached to the carbon atom in position “4” of the pyridine ring are not directly coordinated to the calcium(II) ion and act only as acceptors in the hydrogen bond system.     

Crystal structure,thermal and magnetic studies of a dinuclear Mn(II) complex with decadentate picolinate based ligand

The reaction of the decadentate ligand tpmen (H₄tpmen?=?N,N,N′N′-tetrakis[(6-carboxypyridin-2-yl)methyl]ethylenediamine) with MnCl₂·4H₂O in aqueous solution gives a homodinuclear complex [Mn₂(H₂O)₂(tpmen)]·16H₂O, which has been characterized by elemental analysis, thermal gravimetric and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The complex crystallizes in the orthorhombic system, space group Cmca, a?=?28.786(5) Å, b?=?11.5033(19) Å, c?=?14.437(2) Å, Z?=?8, R ₁?=?0.0432, wR ₂?=?0.0786. The tpmen ligand contains four picolinate groups, two of which bind each Mn(II) to form a dinuclear complex. The geometry around the Mn(II) is distorted octahedral with two nitrogen and two oxygen atoms from the picolinate groups and two oxygen atoms from coordinated water. The variable-temperature (2–300?K) magnetic susceptibilities shows an antiferromagnetic interaction between Mn(II) ions.     

X-Ray Diffraction Study on Manganese(II) Complexes with Thiophene-2-Carboxylate and Furan-3-Carboxylate Ligands

Abstract

Mn(II) cations in the crystals of trisaquobis(μ-thiophen-2-carboxylato-O,O′)(thiophen-2-carboxylato-O)manganese(II) monohydrate are bridged by oxygen atoms donated by bidentate carboxylic groups of two thiophen-2-carboxylate ligands. In addition, each Mn(II) ion is coordinated by an oxygen atom of a monodentate carboxylic group of this ligand and three oxygen atoms of water molecules. The coordination around the Mn(II) cation is octahedral. The bridging of the ligands results in molecular ribbons propagating in the c-direction of the crystal held together by C?H…O hydrogen bonds. The crystal structure of diaquobis(μ-furan-3-carboxylato-O,O′)di(μ-furan-3-carboxylato-O,O)(μ-aqua-O)manganese(II) consists of dinuclear structural units. In each molecule Mn(II) cations are O,O′ bridged by oxygen atoms of bidentate carboxylic groups of two furan-3-carboxylate ligands and have a water located between the Mn cations. The units are O,O′ bridged to Mn(II) ions located in adjacent units by bidentate oxygen atoms, forming molecular ribbons extending in the c-direction. Octahedral coordination around each Mn(II) ion is completed by two water molecules. The octahedra around two adjacent metal ions in the unit share a common apex - the bridging oxygen atom of the water molecule. The ribbons are held together by C?H…O hydrogen bonds between furan ring oxygen atoms and the carbon atoms of adjacent furan rings.