A Tri‐µ‐O‐S‐O Manganese Dimer: Synthesis,Structral and EPR Study

A Tri‐µ‐O‐S‐O coordinative manganese dimer: [Mn₂(SO₄)₂(phen)₄]·CH₃OH (phen1,10‐phenanthroline) ( 1 ) was yielded by the reaction of 1,10‐phenanthroline and MnSO₄·H₂O in a mixed solvent of methanol and acetonitrile under room temperature and was structurally characterized. Single crystal analysis shows that complex 1 has polymeric structure based on binuclear Mn(II) units bridged by O‐S‐O groups of two SO₄²⁻ anion. The UV spectrum of the complex clarifies that each metal‐organic building unit parallels with each other through the Π‐Π interactions of face‐to‐face separations of two 1,10‐phen planes among the complex, forming a layered structure. And the electronic paramagnetic resonance (EPR) signal clearly indicates that those manganese atoms in complex 1 are in +2 oxidation states.