Abstract: | A novel manganese coordination polymer, poly(μ5‐thiophene‐3,4‐dicarboxylato)manganese(II)], Mn(C6H2O4S)]n, was synthesized hydrothermally using 3,4‐thiophenedicarboxylate (3,4‐tdc2−) as the organic linker. The asymmetric unit of the complex contains an Mn2+ cation and one half of a deprotonated 3,4‐tdc2− anion, both residing on a twofold axis. Each Mn2+ centre is six‐coordinated by O atoms of bridging/chelating carboxylate groups from five 3,4‐tdc2− anions, forming a slightly distorted octahedron. The Mn2+ centres are bridged by 3,4‐tdc2− anions to give an infinite two‐dimensional layer which incorporates one‐dimensional Mn–O gridlike chains, and in which the 3,4‐tdc2− anion adopts a novel hexadentate chelating and μ5‐bridging coordination mode. The fully deprotonated 3,4‐tdc2− anion exhibits unexpected efficiency as a ligand towards the Mn2+ centres, which it coordinates through all of its carboxylate O atoms to provide the novel coordination mode. The IR spectrum of the complex is also reported. |