A pentanuclear bimetallic complex of manganese(II) and aluminium(III) ions: tetra-mu2-iodido-iodidobis(mu3-2-methoxyethanolato)bis(mu2-2-methoxyethanolato)dimethyl(tetrahydrofuran-kappaO)aluminium(III)tetramanganese(II).

The molecule of the title compound, [Mn(4)Al(CH(3))(2)(C(3)H(7)O(2))(4)I(5)(C(4)H(8)O)], contains one Al(III) and four Mn(II) ions. Two Mn atoms are five-coordinate in the form of a trigonal bipyramid or a square pyramid. The two other Mn atoms are six-coordinate with an octahedral geometry. The fourcoordinate Al atom is linked to the manganese core by mu-O(alkoxo) bridges, forming an almost planar five-membered ring.