Crystal structure of tetraaqua(dimethylformamide)tetrakis(μ-N,2-dioxidobenzene-1-carboximidato)tetrakis(μ-trimethylacetato)tetramanganese(III)sodiumyttrium–dimethylformamide–water (1/8.04/0.62)
The synthesis and crystal structure for the title compound, [YNaMn4(C7H4NO3)4(C5H9O2)4(H2O)3.76(C3H7NO)0.24]·8.04C3H7NO·0.62H2O or [YIIINa(OTMA)4[12-MCMn(III)N(shi)-4](H2O)3.76(DMF)0.24·8.04DMF·0.62H2O, where OTMA is trimethylacetate, MC is metallacrown, shi3−is salicylhydroximate, and DMF isN,N-dimethylformamide, is reported. The macrocyclic metallacrown consists of an –[MnIII–N–O]4– ring repeat unit, and the metallacrown captures one YIIIion and one NaIion in the central cavity on opposite faces of the metallacrown. Overall the metallacrown is domed towards the side of the NaIion. Both the YIIIand NaIions are eight-coordinate, and the trimethylacetate anions bridge the central YIIIto each ring MnIIIion. The ring MnIIIions are six-coordinate with a tetragonally distorted octahedral geometry.