Self-adaptation of manganese-chloride arrangement toward high spin Mn5(µ-Cl)4 cluster-based metal-organic framework with S = 15/2.

ABSTRACT

The self-adaptation of manganese-chloride arrangement with the tripodal ligand 1,3,5-tris(benzimidazoyl-1-ylmethyl)-2,4,6-trimethylbenzene (Me(3)-TBzIm) afforded a rare 3D metal-organic framework, [Mn(5)Cl(10)(Me(3)-TBzIm)(4)](n) (1) showing a high spin ground state with S = 15/2.