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Manganese Oxide Nanoparticle Synthesis by Thermal Decomposition of Manganese(II) Acetylacetonate
Published on: June 18, 2020
Bis(acetyl-acetonato-κO,O')(methanol-κO)(thio-cyanato-κN)manganese(III)
Shuang-Ming Meng1, Hai Xie, Yue-Qin Fan
1College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi Datong University, Shanxi 037009, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
In the title complex, [Mn(C(5)H(7)O(2))(2)(NCS)(CH(4)O)], the Mn(III) atom has a slightly distorted octa-hedral coordination formed by five O atoms and one N atom. The equatorial positions are occupied by four O atoms of two acetyl-acetonate ligands, while the axial positions are occupied by the N atom of the thio-cyanate anion and the O atom of the methanol mol-ecule. In the crystal structure, complex mol-ecules are linked by an inter-molecular O-H⋯S hydrogen bond, forming a chain running along [101].
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