BIS(PYRIDINE)[BIS(SALICYLIDENE)-1,3-DIAMINOPROPANATO]MANGANESE(III) PERCHLORATE

[Mn(C17H16N2O2)(C10H10N2)][ClO4], M(r) = 592.9, orthorhombic, P2(1)2(1)2(1), a = 12.596 (6), b = 13.836 (7), c = 15.848 (8) angstrom, V = 2761.9 angstrom 3, Z = 4, D(x) = 1.426 Mg m-3, lambda(Mo K-alpha) = 0.71069 angstrom, mu = 0.061 mm-1, F(000) = 1224, T = 293 K, R = 0.057 for 1440 unique reflexions [I greater-than-or-equal-to 2-sigma(I)]. The manganese environment is approximately octahedral, comprising a square-planar arrangement of oxygen and nitrogen from the Schiff base, capped by pyridine. Non-bonded interactions are minimized by staggering the pyridine rings relative to the manganese-Schiff-base bonds, O-Mn-N-C -42.9 (7), -63.2 (6)-degrees and by the long pyridine Mn-N bonds of 2.307 (7) and 2.388 (7) angstrom.