Triaqua-bis-{2-meth-oxy-6-[(phenyl-iminium-yl)meth-yl]phenolate-κO}manganese(II) dinitrate.

The crystal structure of the title compound, [Mn(C(14)H(13)NO(2))(2)(H(2)O)(3)](NO(3))(2), is comprised of two Schiff base 2-meth-oxy-6-(N-phenyl-carboximido-yl)phenol (HL) ligands and three coordinated water mol-ecules. The Mn(II) ion lies on a twofold axis that bis-ects one water O atom. The coordination sphere of the five-coordinate Mn atom is completed by the two monodentate HL ligands and three coordinated water mol-ecules binding through their O atoms, affording a distorted tetra-gonal-pyramidal geometry.

Tris[6-meth-oxy-2-(phenyl-iminiometh-yl)phenolato]-κO,O';κO-tris-(thio-cyanato-κN)samarium(III).

In the crystal structure of title compound, [Sm(NCS)(3)(C(14)H(13)NO(2))(3)], two of the zwitterionic Schiff base 6-meth-oxy-2-(phenyl-iminiometh-yl)phenolate ligands coordinate to the Sm(III) atom in a bidentate fashion via the phenolate and meth-oxy O atoms. The third Schiff base ligand is monodentate, binding only through the phenolate O atom. The coordination sphere of the eight-coordinate Sm atom is completed by the three independent thio-cyanate ions binding through their N atoms, affording a square-anti-prismatic geometry.

Bis[2-meth-oxy-6-(phenyl-iminiomethyl)phenolate-κO,O']bis-(thio-cyanato-κN)manganese(II).

The Mn(II) atom in the title complex, [Mn(NCS)(2)(C(14)H(13)NO(2))(2)], lies on a center of inversion in a MnO(4)N(2) octa-hedral geometry. The Schiff base is present in its zwitterionic form and is O,O'-chelated to the metal atom. The imino N atom is protonated and is involved in an intra-molecular hydrogen bond with the phenolate O atom.