Crystal structure of [Mn(1,10-C12H8N2)3](B6H7)2

A new compound [MN^II(Phen)₃]²⁺(B₆H₇)₂⁻ is synthesized; its crystal structure is studied by XRD at 100 K. Crystallographic data: C₃₆H₃₈B₁₂N₆Mn, M = 739.39, triclinic symmetry, space group P , unit cell parameters: a = 10.3131(3) ?, b = 13.4839(4) ?, c = 15.1132(4) ?; α = 97.696(1)°, β = 108.324(1)°, γ = 102.211(1)°; V = 1903.9(1) ?³, Z = 2, d _calc = 1.290 g/cm³. The structure is solved by direct and Fourier methods and refined by full-matrix LSM in the anisotropic (isotropic for hydrogen atoms) approximation to the final factor R ₁ = 0.036 for 10169 I _hkl ≥ 2σ _I (Bruker-Nonius X8 APEX CCD diffractometer, λMoK _α). The structure contains two crystallographically different anions. Original Russian Text Copyright ? 2009 by T. M. Polyanskaya, M. K. Drozdova, V. V. Volkov, and K. G. Myakishev __________ Translated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 50, No. 2, pp. 381–385, March–April, 2009.