Bis[2,6-bis-(4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazol-2-yl)pyridine]manganese(II) bis-(per-chlorate) acetonitrile solvate.

ABSTRACT

In the cation of the title compound, [Mn(C(11)H(13)N(5))(2)](ClO(4))(2)·CH(3)CN, the metal atom is located on a twofold rotation axis and is six-coordinated by six N atoms from two different 2,6-bis-(4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazol-2-yl)pyridine (bip) ligands in a distorted octahedral geometry. The O atoms of the perchlorate anions are disordered with occupancies in the ratio 0.593 (10)0.407 (10). In the crystal, mol-ecules are stabilized by two N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming zigzag chains along the a axis, which are further inter-connected by N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds and π-π inter-actions [centroid-centroid distance = 3.50 (1) Å] into a three-dimensional network.