The reaction of 2,6-diformyl-4-methylphenol with 1,3-bis(3aminopropyl)tetramethyldisiloxane in the presence of MnCl 2 in a 1:1:2 molar ratio in methanol afforded a dinuclear μchlorido-bridged manganese(II) complex of the macrocyclic [2+2] condensation product (H 2 L), namely, [Mn 2 Cl 2 (H 2 L)-(HL)]Cl·3H 2 O (1). The latter afforded a new compound, namely, [Mn 2 Cl 2 (H 2 L) 2 ][MnCl 4 ]·4CH 3 CN·0.5CHCl 3 ·0.4H 2 O (2), after recrystallisation from 1:1 CHCl 3 /CH 3 CN. The coexistence of the free and complexed azomethine groups, phenolato donors, μ-chlorido bridges, and the disiloxane unit were well evidenced by ESI mass spectrometry and FTIR spectroscopy and confirmed by X-ray crystallography. The
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