Spin canting in the 3D anionic dicyanamide structure (SPh3)Mn(dca)3 (Ph = phenyl, dca = dicyanamide)

Through use of the SPh3+ (Ph = phenyl, C6H5) cation as a molecular template, a new three-dimensional Mn(dca)3- [dca = dicyanamide, N(CN)2-] anionic structure has been crystallized. At room temperature, (SPh3)Mn(dca)3 (1) crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/c, with a = 11.7079(5) A, b = 12.8554(5) A, c = 16.8605(6) A, β = 100.666(2)°, and V = 2493.8(3) A3. Magnetic susceptibility measurements indicate that this salt exhibits a spin canted long range antiferromagnetically ordered ground state below 2.5 K.