Chlorido{4,4′,6,6′-tetra-tert-butyl-2,2′-[o-phenyl­enebis(nitrilo­methyl­idyne)]diphenolato-κ(4) O,N,N′,O′}manganese(III)

The asymmetric unit of the title Schiff base complex, [Mn(C(36)H(46)N(2)O(2))Cl], comprises two crystallographically independent mol­ecules. The Mn(III) centre in each mol­ecule adopts a distorted square-pyramidal geometry. Each Mn(III) ion is coordinated by the N(2)O(2) atoms of the tetra­dentate Schiff base ligand forming the basal plane and the coordinated chloride anion occupies the apical position. Four bifurcated intra­molecular C—H⋯O contacts stabilize the mol­ecular structure. In the crystal packing, mol­ecules are linked into dimers via inter­molecular C—H⋯Cl contacts and further stabilized by C—H⋯π inter­actions. The crystal studied was a non-merohedral twin, the refined ratio of the twin components being 0.441 (1):0.559 (1).