catena-Poly[[bis­(ethanol-κO)mangan­ese(II)]-μ-2,5-di­chloro-3,6-di­oxo­cyclo­hexa-1,4-diene-1,4-bis­(olato)-κ(4) O (1),O (6):O (3),O (4)]

In the title coordination polymer, [Mn(C(6)Cl(2)O(4))(C(2)H(5)OH)(2)](n), the Mn(II) atom and the chloranilate [systematic name: 2,5-di­chloro-3,6-dioxo­cyclo­hexa-1,4-diene-1,4-bis­(olate)] ion lie on crystallographic inversion centers. The geometry around the Mn(II) atom is a distorted octa­hedron involving four O atoms of two chloranilate ions and two O atoms from two ethanol mol­ecules. The chloranilate ion serves as a bridging ligand between the Mn(II) ions, leading to an infinite linear chain along the b-axis direction. The chains are linked by O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds between the apically coordinating ethanol mol­ecule and the chloranilate ion, affording a two-dimensional layer expanding parallel to the ab plane.