Crystal structure of hexa­kis­(dimethyl sulfoxide-κO)manganese(II) tetra­iodide

The title salt, [Mn(C2H6OS)6]I4, is made up from discrete [Mn(DMSO)6]2+ (DMSO is dimethyl sulfoxide) units connected through non-classical hydrogen bonds to linear I42− tetra­iodide anions. The MnII ion in the cation, situated on a position with site symmetry -3., is octa­hedrally coordinated by O atoms of the DMSO mol­ecule with an Mn—O distance of 2.1808 (12) A. The I42− anion contains a neutral I2 mol­ecule weakly coordinated by two iodide ions, forming a linear centrosymmetric tetra­iodide anion. The title compound is isotypic with the Co, Ni, Cu, and Zn analogues.