Synthesis and Crystal Structure of Mn（phen）（CF3COO）（H2O）3·NO3

The mononuclear manganese complex Mn(phen)(CF3COO)(H2O)3(NO3 (C14H14O8N3F3Mn) has been synthesized, where phen = 1,10-phenanthroline. The molecular and crystal structures were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The crystal is of monoclinic, space group P21/c with a = 8.8550(3), b = 10.6529(3), c = 19.8763(2) A, β = 97.762(2)o, V = 1857.78(8) A3, Z = 4, Mr = 464.22, Dc = 1.660 g/cm3, μ = 0.789 mm-1, F(000) = 940, T = 293(2) K, R = 0.0764 and wR = 0.2441 for 1995 observed reflections with I > 2σ(I). In the crystal the manganese atom is six-coordinated by two chelated nitrogen atoms from phenanthroline, three oxygen atoms from water molecules and one oxygen atom from trifluoroacetate, completing an octahedral geometry.