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Manganese Oxide Nanoparticle Synthesis by Thermal Decomposition of Manganese(II) Acetylacetonate
Published on: June 18, 2020
A monoclinic pseudopolymorph of manganese squarate dihydrate, Mn(mu-C(4)O(4))(H(2)O)(2), built from cubic units
Elisabeth Gavilan1, Nathalie Audebrand
1Laboratoire Sciences Chimiques de Rennes (CNRS, UMR 6226), Université de Rennes 1, Avenue du Général Leclerc, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France.
Abstract:
The structure of poly[[[hexaaquatrimanganese(II)]-tri-mu-squarato] monohydrate], {[Mn(3)(C(4)O(4))(3)(H(2)O)(6)].H(2)O}(n), synthesized hydrothermally, consists of a new three-dimensional framework described by secondary building units (SBUs) containing two MnO(6) octahedra and three squarate groups in a cube-shaped arrangement. In the asymmetric unit, one squarate group is located around an inversion centre (4a; 0, 0, 0), two Mn atoms [4d (3/4, 1/4, 0) and 4c (1/4, 1/4, 0)] are located on inversion centres and the third Mn atom is on a twofold axis (4e; 0, y, 1/4). This report illustrates the concept of the SBU and the flexibility of the squarate spacer in the design of new porous topologies.
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