Manganese mercury thiocyanate (MMTC) glycol monomethyl ether

In the title complex, [MnHg(NCS)(4)(C3H8O2)](n), each Hg atom is tetrahedra lly coordinated with four S atoms of the SCN- ions, and each Mn atom is oct ahedrally coordinated with four N atoms of the SCN- ions, one hydroxyl O at om and one ethereal O atom of the glycol monomethyl ether molecule. Each pa ir of Hg and Mn atoms is bridged by one SCN- ion. A 24-membered Mn3Hg3(SCN) (6) ring is formed as the strucrural unit, with the six metal atoms in a ch air-form hexagonal arrangement. The units are condensed and linked three-di mensionally in the crystal resulting in a diamond-like structure.