N,N,O Pincer Ligand with a Deprotonatable Site That Promotes Redox‐Leveling, High Mn Oxidation States, and a Mn2O2 Dimer Competent for Catalytic Oxygen Evolution
Lant H, Michaelos T, Sharninghausen L, Mercado B, Crabtree R, Brudvig G. N,N,O Pincer Ligand with a Deprotonatable Site That Promotes Redox‐Leveling, High Mn Oxidation States, and a Mn2O2 Dimer Competent for Catalytic Oxygen Evolution. European Journal Of Inorganic Chemistry 2019, 2019: 2115-2123. DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201801343.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAlkoxide moietyOxidation stateOxygen evolutionHigher Mn oxidation statesCatalytic oxygen evolutionO-pincer ligandMn oxidation statePincer ligandRedox levelingElectrochemical dataLow overpotentialProtonation stateProton lossEPR experimentsMn IIIO intermediateRelated seriesMn–VMn IIMoietyLigandsOverpotentialDicationCatalystCatalysis