Crystal structure of µ-[di-(2-methoxyethyl) ethercadmio]-bis(pentacarbonylmanganese)(2 Cd–Mn)

Abstract

Crystals of the title compound are monoclinic with a= 10·161 (10), b= 23·010(20), c= 9·718(9)Å, β= 91·80(2)°, Z= 4, space group P2₁/n. The structure was solved by Patterson and Fourier methods from 2191 counter intensities and refined by least-squares to R 4·31%. The cadmium atom is co-ordinated by the terdentate ether molecule and two pentacarbonylmanganese groups in a very distorted trigonal bipyramidal arrangement. There is considerable distortion of the octahedral manganese co-ordination. The molecule has approximate mirror symmetry.