2005
General Synthesis of Di-μ-oxo Dimanganese Complexes as Functional Models for the Oxygen Evolving Complex of Photosystem II
Chen H, Tagore R, Das S, Incarvito C, Faller J, Crabtree R, Brudvig G. General Synthesis of Di-μ-oxo Dimanganese Complexes as Functional Models for the Oxygen Evolving Complex of Photosystem II. Inorganic Chemistry 2005, 44: 7661-7670. PMID: 16212393, DOI: 10.1021/ic0509940.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDimanganese complexesCatalytic activitySeries of complexesGeneral preparative methodUV-visible spectroscopyElectrospray mass spectrometryOxygen-Evolving ComplexX-ray crystallographyPhotosystem IIParent complexEPR spectroscopyOxygen-evolving activityGeneral synthesisPreparative methodLigand librariesMass spectrometryHigh product purityComplexesMn dimersSpectroscopyProduct purityPrecursorsTerpyCrystallographyOxo
2002
Two New Terpyridine Dimanganese Complexes: A Manganese(III,III) Complex with a Single Unsupported Oxo Bridge and a Manganese(III,IV) Complex with a Dioxo Bridge. Synthesis, Structure, and Redox Properties
Baffert C, Collomb M, Deronzier A, Pécaut J, Limburg J, Crabtree R, Brudvig G. Two New Terpyridine Dimanganese Complexes: A Manganese(III,III) Complex with a Single Unsupported Oxo Bridge and a Manganese(III,IV) Complex with a Dioxo Bridge. Synthesis, Structure, and Redox Properties. Inorganic Chemistry 2002, 41: 1404-1411. PMID: 11896708, DOI: 10.1021/ic0107375.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOxo bridgeElectrochemical behaviorX-ray structureMononuclear complexesComplexes 4Oxo complexesRedox propertiesAqua complexesDimanganese complexesOrganic mediaTrans complexesCis geometrySolid stateDioxo bridgeTrans geometryCis complexesDisproportionation processTrans configurationCrystallographic formsComplexesMn atomsCisMonooxoLigandsSynthesis