ion model is not a true H-abstracting process but rather a special case of proton-coupled electron transfer where reduction of YZ by the Mn4 cluster occurs with the proton emanating from solvent water. These two theories will now be described briefly. A hydrogen atom abstraction process by the YZ residue in conjunction with a dimer-of-dimers structural template has led to an interesting hypothe...

In the title compound, [Mn(C(8)H(8)N(3)O(3)S(2))(2)(H(2)O)(4)], the Mn(II) atom (site symmetry ) adopts a slightly distorted octa-hedral MnO(6) geometry. The mol-ecular conformation is supported by N-H⋯N and O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds. In the crystal, mol-ecules inter-act by O-H⋯O, O-H⋯S, N-H⋯O and N-H⋯S hydrogen bonds, thereby forming (011) sheets.

Peroxomanganese(iii) adducts have been postulated as important intermediates in manganese-containing enzymes and small molecule oxidation catalysts. Synthetic peroxomanganese(iii) complexes are known to be nucleophilic and facilitate aldehyde deformylation, offering a convenient way to compare relative reactivities of complexes supported by different ligands. In this work, tetradentate dipyridy...

In an effort to obtain synthetic analogues of water-oxidizing complex (WOC) of photosystem II (PS II) of plant photosynthesis, a Schiff base manganese and a cobalt complex, employing Niten, a SALEN type ligand, have been prepared. Cyclic and square wave voltammetric measurements have been performed to assess their redox characteristics. Both complexes undergo several reduction processes in cath...

A trinucleating cyclophane bearing three β-diketimine arms, and the corresponding iron(II) and manganese(II) complexes have been synthesized and characterized. The three metal ions are oriented towards the internal void space, and are coordinated by a N2Br2 donor set, in which a unique combination of μ(3), μ, and terminal coordination modes are observed for the halide donors.

The modern physico-chemical, spectroscopic and biochemical methods have proved an important tool to elucidate the constitution of transition metal complexes. This paper presents a brief account of the synthesis, spectroscopic and medicinal aspects of tetraazamacrocyclic compounds of manganese(II). Sixteen to eighteen membered tetraamide macrocyclic ligands DTTD(1) and DTTD(2) have been synthesi...

Mononuclear manganese(II) and iron(III) flavonolates were synthesized as synthetic enzyme-substrate complexes, and their oxygenation reactions as biomimetic functional models with relevance to flavonol 2,4-dioxygenases are briefly described.

Materials Propionic acid (>98%), 4-(methylthio)benzaldehyde (>99%), Methyl triflate (MeOTf), triflic acid (>98%) and manganese (II) chloride tetrahydrate (99.9%) were purchased from Wako pure chemical (Osaka, Japan). Pyrrole (>99%) was purchased from Tokyo chemical industry (Tokyo, Japan). Synthesis of

Photoactivation of the water splitting enzyme was performed with 13 different synthetic manganese complexes and characterized by oxygen evolution yield, thermoluminescence and chlorophyll fluorescence induction kinetics. The efficiency of different compounds in photoactivation correlated with the rate of linear electron transport in the presence of these compounds. The organic ligands, associat...