Syntheses and Structures of Diphenyl-Tellurium Oxide Copper(II)/Manganese(III) Complexes [CuII(Ph2TeO)4]Cl2•14H2O and [MnIIICl(Ph2TeO)4]Cl2•4H2O

Treatment of diphenyl tellurium oxide (Ph2TeO) with CuCl2 center dot 2H(2)O in a 4:1 molar ratio afforded the copper(II) complex [Cu-II(Ph2TeO)(4)]Cl-2 center dot 14H(2)O (1), in which the copper(II) center is four-coordinated by four oxygen atoms from four Ph2TeO units. Reaction of MnCl2 center dot 4H(2)O, ((Bu4N)-Bu-n)[MnO4] and Ph2TeO at a molar ratio of 4:1:16 gave the manganese(III) complex [(MnCl)-Cl-III(Ph2TeO)(4)]Cl-2 center dot 4H(2)O (2), in which the manganese(III) center is five-coordinated by one chlorine atom and four oxygen atoms from four Ph2TeO moieties. Complex 1 crystallizes in the triclinic space group P (1) over bar, with a= 8.9904(18), b= 13.068(3), c= 13.573(3) angstrom, alpha= 100.42(3)degrees, beta=109.17(3)degrees, gamma=99.56(3)degrees, and Z= 1. The unit cell of 2 has a monoclinic P2(1)/c symmetry with the cell parameters a=20.179(5), b = 13.917(3), c= 19.210(4) angstrom, beta = 94.840(7)degrees, and Z=4. [GRAPHICS] .