Monomeric cis-isothiocyanato complexes. Crystal and molecular structure of [Mn(mep)2(NCS)2] (mep=4-methoxy-2-(5-methoxy- 3-methyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)-6-methylpyrimidine)

The crystal and molecular structures of [Mn(mep)2- (NCS)2] ({ {mep}}=4-methoxy-2-(5-methoxy-3-methyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)-6-methylpyrimidine) have been determined by X-ray crystallography. The crystal structure of the title compound is built up of isolated [Mn(mep)2(NCS)2] molecules with the stereochemistry of a distorted octahedron for the MnN6 chromophore. The e.p.r. (Q-band) data are in agreement with the structural data.[PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]