Diaquabis(4,4′-bipyridine-κN)bis(2,4,5-trifluoro-3-hydroxybenzoato-κO1)manganese(II)

In the title compound, [Mn(C7H2F3O3)(2)(C10H8N2)(2)(H2O)(2)], the Mn-II ion, situated on a centre of inversion, has a distorted octahedral coordination geometry and is coordinated by two N atoms from two 4,4'-bipyridine ligands, two O atoms from two 2,4,5-trifluoro-3-hydroxybenzoate ligands and two water molecules. Intermolecular O-H center dot center dot center dot N hydrogen bonds link the molecules into a chain along the a axis. Interactions between neighboring chains occur through O-H center dot center dot center dot O hydrogen bonds, which link the chains into a two-dimensional supramolecular network parallel to the ac plane. In addition, O-H center dot center dot center dot O hydrogen bonds between the water molecules and carboxylate groups also exist in the the crystal structure.