Preparation and characterization of some metal(II) complexes of isocinchomeronic acid and X-ray crystal structure ofcis-diaquabis(hydrogen isocinchomeronato)manganese(II)

The reactions between Mn(II), Co(II), Ni(II), and Zn(II) ions with isocinchomeronic acid (H₂-isocin) afforded complexes of the general formula M(H-isocin)₂-2H₂O, whereas Fe(II) gives both red and deep red-brown products of the same formula. Various physical measurements suggest that the complexes of M = Co, Ni, Zn, and Fe (brown) are octahedrally coordinated by two aqua ligands and twotrans-N,O-bidentate H-isocin^– anions with dimeric hydrogen bonding. Those for M = Mn and Fe (red) are the correspondingcis isomers. The structure of the manganese complex as determined by X-ray crystallography exhibitsC ₂ molecular symmetry with Mn-N = 2.279(2), Mn-O(H-isocin)^– = 2.196(2), and Mn-O(aqua) = 2.137(2) Å. Each aqua ligand forms two donor O-H O hydrogen bonds with carboxy groups of different molecules in adjacent chains.