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January 2021 issue

Cover illustration: Work in the area of synthesis of polynuclear manganese complexes and their magnetic properties led to the synthesis and crystallization of the compound di-μ-benzoato-di-μ-ethanolato-tetrakis[μ3-5-(hydroxymethyl)-2-methyl-4-(oxidomethyl)pyridin-1-ium-3-olato]tetrakis[μ3-5-(hydroxymethyl)-2-methyl-4-(oxidomethyl)pyridin-3-olato]di-μ3-oxido-heptamanganese(II,III) ethanol octasolvate, [Mn7(C8H9NO3)4(C8H10NO3)4(C2H5O)2(C7H5O2)2O2]·8C2H5OH. The compound was synthesized by the reaction of Mn(C6H5COO)2 with pyridoxine (PNH2, C8H11NO3) followed by the addition of tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAOH). The core of this centrosymmetric complex is a cage-like structure consisting of six MnIII ions and one MnII ion bound together through Mn—O bonds. The compound crystallizes in hydrogen-bonded layers formed by O—H⋯N hydrogen bonds involving the aromatic amine group of the ligand PN2− with the neighboring O atoms from the PNH− ligand. The crystal structure has large voids present in which highly disordered solvent molecules (ethanol) sit. See: Saha, Padgett, LeMagueres, Moncur & Onajobi [IUCrData (2020). 5, x201578].
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