Crystal structure of di-μ-chloro-acetato-hexa-kis-(di-methyl-formamide)-tetra-kis-(μ-N,2-dioxido-benzene-1-carboximidato)tetra-manganese(III)disodium dimethyl-formamide disolvate.

The synthesis, crystal structure, and FT-IR data for the title compound, [Na2Mn4(C2H2ClO2)2(C7H4NO3)4(C3H7NO)6]·2C3H7NO or Na2(O2CCH2Cl)212-MCMn(III) N(shi)-46·2DMF, where MC is metallacrown, shi(3-) is salicyl-hydroximate, and DMF is N,N-di-methyl-formamide, is reported. The macrocyclic metallacrown consists of an -[Mn(III)-N-O]4- ring repeat unit and the metallacrown captures two Na(+) ions in the central cavity above and below the plane of the metallacrown. Each Na(+) ion is seven-coordinate and is bridged to two ring Mn(III) ions, through either a coordinating DMF mol-ecule or a chloro-acetate anion. The ring Mn(III) ions have either a tetra-gonally distorted octa-hedral geometry or a distorted square-pyramidal geometry. Weak C-H⋯O inter-actions, in addition to pure van der Waals forces, contribute to the overall packing of the mol-ecules. The complete molecule has inversion symmetry and is disordered over two sets of sites with an occupancy ratio of 0.8783 (7):0.1217 (7). The solvent molecule is also disordered over two sets of sites, with an occupancy ratio of 0.615 (5):0.385 (5).