and theoretical study of a Mn(III)-Cu(II) dimer containing a Jahn-Teller compressed Mn ion' Dalton Transactions, vol 42, no. 1, pp. 207-216. General rights Copyright for the publications made accessible via the Edinburgh Research Explorer is retained by the author(s) and / or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing these publications that users recognise and abide by the legal...

At physiological concentrations of HCO3- and CO2, Mn(II) catalyzes disproportionation of H2O2. This catalase-like activity is directly proportional to the concentrations of Mn(II) and H2O2, and it increases exponentially with increases in pH. The effect of increasing pH is almost completely attributable to the concomitant increase in HCO3- concentration. The rate is proportional to the third po...

We have prepared and characterized a few Mn (III) complexes by using a few bidentate and tridentate ligands. Spectra of the manganese (III) ion in a variety of molecular environments are reported. On the basis of solution spectra, some of these complexes seem to be typically distorted

Single-atom catalysts are a family of heterogeneous electrocatalysts widely used in energy storage and conversion. The determination the local structure active metal sites is challenging, which limits establishment reliable structure-property relationship single-atom catalysts. A carbon black-conjugated complex can be as model catalyst to probe intrinsic activity with certain structures. In thi...

A series of new manganese phosphonate clusters with unprecedented topologies, [Mn(20)Na(4)O(12)(t-BuPO(3))(12)(O(2)CMe)(16)(H(2)O)(12)].5H(2)O (), [Mn(15)O(6)(MePO(3))(2)(MeCOO)(18)(H(2)O)(12)][MePO(3)H](2).12H(2)O (), and [Mn(t-BuPO(3)H)(2)(phen)(2)].MeCOOH () have been synthesized and characterized. The core of is composed of two folded "butterfly-like" [Mn(4)(mu(3)-O)(2)] units and two trigo...

The Mn K-edge x-ray absorption spectra for the pure S states of the tetranuclear Mn cluster of the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II during flash-induced S-state cycling have been determined. The relative S-state populations in samples given 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 flashes were determined from fitting the flash-induced electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) multiline signal oscillation patte...

The reaction of trans-[Fe(R-bpb)(CN)2]- (R-bpb2-=R-substituted-1,2-bis(pyridine-2-carboxamido)benzenate) with trans-Mn(III) Schiff base complexes [Mn(5-X-saltn)]ClO4 (5-X-saltn2-=N,N'-propanolbis(5-X-substituted-salcylideneiminato) dianion) gave rise to cyanide-bridged neutral binuclear [MnFe] compounds [Mn(saltn)(MeOH)][Fe(bpb)(CN)2].3H2O (), [Mn(saltn)(H2O)Fe(bpmb)(CN)2].H2O (), [Mn(saltn)(Me...

A new bis(N2O2) ligand, L(4-), in which two tripodal diamine-bis(phenolate) moieties are bridged by a xanthene backbone, was prepared. The reaction of H4L with 2 equiv. of [Ti(O(i)Pr)4] produced C2 and Cs symmetrical isomers of the dititanium(IV,IV) complex [Ti2(L)(O(i)Pr)4]. The isolated C2 isomer was slowly converted to the Cs isomer via Ti-N bond cleavage to form a 3 : 2 mixture in equilibri...

The compound (bpy) 2Mn (III)(mu-O) 2Mn (IV)(bpy) 2, a structural model relevant for the photosynthetic water oxidation complex, was coupled to single Cr (VI) charge-transfer chromophores in the channels of the nanoporous oxide AlMCM-41. Mn K-edge EXAFS spectroscopy confirmed that the di-mu-oxo dinuclear Mn core of the complex is unaffected when loaded into the nanoscale pores. Observation of th...