A homoleptic arylmanganese(II) complex : synthesis and structure of a thermally stable trinuclear mesitylmanganese(II) complex

Abstract

The reaction of MnCl₂ with mesMgBr (mes = 2,4,6-C₆H₂Me₃) gave crystals of the linear trimer mes₆Mn₃ with bridging mesityl groups and the two end Mn atoms three-co-ordinated with a terminal mesityl; the Mn–C bond distances range from 2.10(1) to 2.35(1)Å and the Mn Mn distance is 2.851(3)Å.