Multiple bonding in unbridged Mn–Mn dimers of solid-state nitridomanganate(IV) oxide Ca6[Mn2N6]O

Niklas Buschmann; Dominik Werhahn; Simon Steinberg; Clemens Ritter; J. Paul Attfield; Simon D. Kloß

doi:10.1039/D5CC04348D

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Multiple bonding in unbridged Mn–Mn dimers of solid-state nitridomanganate(iv) oxide Ca₆[Mn₂N₆]O

Niklas Buschmann,^a Dominik Werhahn,^a Simon Steinberg,

^b Clemens Ritter,^c J. Paul Attfield

^d and Simon D. Kloß

*^a

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^a Department of Chemistry, LMU Munich, Butenandtstr. 5-13, 81377 Munich, Germany
E-mail: simon.kloss@cup.lmu.de

^b Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen, Melatener Str. 2, 52074 Aachen, Germany

^c Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France

^d University of Edinburgh, Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions and School of Chemistry, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, UK

Abstract

Unbridged metal–metal bonding is rare in solid-state materials owing to preferred coordination of metals through main group anions. Here, we present a calcium nitridomanganate(IV) oxide Ca₆[Mn₂N₆]O with [MnN₃]₂ dimers prepared by hot isostatic pressing. This preparation opens the possibility to study unbridged metal–metal dimer systems in solid-state materials.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CC04348D
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 30 Jul 2025
Accepted: 05 Sep 2025
First published: 08 Sep 2025
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Chem. Commun., 2025, Advance Article

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Multiple bonding in unbridged Mn–Mn dimers of solid-state nitridomanganate(IV) oxide Ca₆[Mn₂N₆]O

N. Buschmann, D. Werhahn, S. Steinberg, C. Ritter, J. P. Attfield and S. D. Kloß, Chem. Commun., 2025, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D5CC04348D

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