2013
Electrostatic Effects on Proton Coupled Electron Transfer in Oxomanganese Complexes Inspired by the Oxygen-Evolving Complex of Photosystem II
Amin M, Vogt L, Vassiliev S, Rivalta I, Sultan MM, Bruce D, Brudvig GW, Batista VS, Gunner MR. Electrostatic Effects on Proton Coupled Electron Transfer in Oxomanganese Complexes Inspired by the Oxygen-Evolving Complex of Photosystem II. The Journal Of Physical Chemistry B 2013, 117: 6217-6226. PMID: 23570540, PMCID: PMC3753004, DOI: 10.1021/jp403321b.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOxomanganese complexesElectron transferOxygen-evolving complexComplexes 6Electrostatic effectsΜ-oxo bridgeDensity functional theory levelTerminal water ligandsBiomimetic oxomanganese complexesPhotosystem IIOxidation state transitionsContinuum electrostatic modelWater ligandsLigand substituentsOxidation midpoint potentialsOxo bridgeCalculated pKaProton transferElectrostatic interactionsTheory levelElectrostatic contributionMidpoint potentialMn oxidationElectrostatic modelFree energy
2010
Characterization of Proton Coupled Electron Transfer in a Biomimetic Oxomanganese Complex: Evaluation of the DFT B3LYP Level of Theory
Wang T, Brudvig G, Batista VS. Characterization of Proton Coupled Electron Transfer in a Biomimetic Oxomanganese Complex: Evaluation of the DFT B3LYP Level of Theory. Journal Of Chemical Theory And Computation 2010, 6: 755-760. PMID: 20607115, PMCID: PMC2896228, DOI: 10.1021/ct900615b.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOxygen-evolving complexDensity functional theoryRedox processesElectron transferOEC of PSIIRedox potentialProton Coupled Electron TransferSolution magnetic susceptibilityCyclic voltammogram measurementsBiomimetic oxomanganese complexesPhotosystem IIOxidation state transitionsDFT-B3LYP levelBecke-3-LeeFree energy calculationsContinuum solvation modelOxomanganese complexesWater ligandsWater oxidationIR spectroscopyOxo bridgeOxidation stateB3LYP levelDi-muSolvation model