Crystal structure of a new quasi-two-dimensional compound containing 1,4-bis(imidazol-1-ylmethyl)benzene (bix) and Mn-II ions

A novel Mn-II complex Mn(bix)(3)(NO2)(2). 4H(2)O [bix = 1, 4-bis(imidazol-1 -yl methyl)benzene] has been synthesized and characterized by X-ray single crystal structure analysis. The complex crystallizes in the P (1) over bar space group, with lattice parameters a = 9.037(2), b = 11.498(2), c = 12.40 4(2) Angstrom, alpha = 110.09(3), beta = 109.62(3), gamma = 93.05(3)degrees , V = 1119(1) Angstrom(3), D-c = 1.385 Mg m(-3), Z = 1, R-1 = 0.072, wR(2) = 0.0725. The X-ray analysis shows that it is a quasi-two-dimensional netwo rk containing hydrogen bonds, terminal and bridging bix ligands concurrentl y.