“…TheM -CO distances for the other three CO ligands are rather similar (Supporting Information, Table S3). Mn ion and the ortho-O atom are confirmed metal-ligand cooperation sites.T heir distances in 1a and 1b are about 3.2 .N otably,t he distances of the Mn ion to the C6 or N2 atom in 1c and 1d,respectively,are only about 3.0 .T his short distance substantiates the possibility of the C6 and N2 atoms serving as an alternate metal-ligand cooperative site.U pon deprotonation of 1c to form 3(18crown-6), the C5-C6 bond shortened from 1.533(9) to 1.396(2) ,a nd the C5-O5 bond elongated from 1.216(7) to 1.250 (2) .T hese changes confirm the presence of acoordinating enolate moiety in 3(18-crown-6).…”