Electronic and infrared spectral studies of manganese(III) selenito complexes

Summary Selenito manganese(III) complexes of the type MMn(SeO₃)₂ · × H₂O (where M = H⁺, NH ₄ ⁺ , K⁺, Rb⁺ and Cs⁺) have been prepared, Magnetic measurements show all these complexes to be of high spin d⁴ type, On the basis of their i.r. and electronic spectral studies and other properties, a polymeric octahedral structure involving bridging oxygen atoms has been suggested.