Synthesis and X-ray crystal structure of manganese(II) pyridine-2-thiolate

2:1 complexes of pyridine-2(1H)-thione (LH) with manganese(II) were prepared: (LH)2MnCl2, (LH)2MnBr2 and [L2Mn]n. The polymeric chain structure of [L2Mn]n contains a distorted octahedrally coordinated manganese (MnN2S4) with chelating ligands, the N-atoms are in cis positions and the S-atoms of the pyridine-2-thiolates bridging; crystallographic data for [C10H8MnN2S2]n: space group C2/c (monoclinic), and R1 = 0.0571 for 1326 reflexes with Fo4σ(Fo).