Mn(II) Staircase Structures Stitched by Water Clusters to a 3D Metal-Organic Open Framework: X-ray Structural and Magnetic Studies

4-Hydroxypyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid (chelidamic acid, cdaH2) reacts with Mn(OAc)2·4H2O to form a 1D staircase
structure with dimeric Mn(II) units connected by water clusters to form a 3D framework, {[Mn2(cda)2·4H2O]·4H2O}n,
1, in aqueous pyridine at room temperature. The compound crystallizes in the triclinic space group P1̄ with a =
9.495(3), b =10.733(5), c = 11.065(4) Å, α = 87.42(5), β = 74.14(5), γ = 80.07(2)°, U = 1068.5(9) Å3, Z =
2, ρcalcd = 1.915 g cm-3, T = 100 K, μ = 1.28 mm-1, R1 = 0.0453 (I > 2σ(I)), wR2 = 0.1046, GOOF = 1.282.
Upon removal of the water molecules by heating, the 3D structure breaks down. Thermogravimetric analysis,
infrared, X-ray powder diffraction studies, and X-ray crystallography were performed to characterize this compound.
Since the coordination polymer has diaqua-bridged Mn(II) centers, it was subjected to variable-temperature magnetic
studies.