catena-Poly[[trans-bis(1,3-benzothiazole-κN)manganese(II)]-di-μ-chlorido]

Abstract

In the title coordination polymer, [MnCl2(C7H5NS)2]n, the MnIIion is located on the intersection of a twofold rotation axis and a mirror plane and adopts an octahedral coordination geometry defined by two mutuallytransN atoms from benzothiazole ligands which occupy the axial positions, and four Cl atoms which form the equatorial sites. The MnIIions are connected by two bridging Cl atoms, forming chains parallel to thecaxis. The crystal packing can be descibed as alternating layers parallel to (001) featuring π–π stacking interactions with a centroid–centroid distance of 3.6029 (15) Å.