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Published on: December 29, 2016
Formation of a Reactive [Mn(III)-O-Ce(IV)] Species and its Facile Equilibrium with Related Mn(IV)(OX) (X = Sc or H)
Sikha Gupta1, Pragya Arora1, Rakesh Kumar1
1Southern Laboratories-208A, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016, India.
Abstract:
Lewis acid-bound high valent Mn-oxo species are of great importance due to their relevance to photosystem II. Here, we report the synthesis of a unique [(BnTPEN)Mn(III)-O-Ce(IV)(NO3 )4 ]+ adduct (2) by the reaction of (BnTPEN)Mn(II) (1) with 4 eq. ceric ammonium nitrate. 2 has been characterized using UV/Vis, NMR, resonance Raman spectroscopy, as well as by mass spectrometry. Treatment of 2 with Sc(III)(OTf)3 results in the formation of (BnTPEN)Mn(IV)-O-Sc(III) (3), while HClO4 addition to 2 forms (BnTPEN)Mn(IV)-OH (4), reverting to 2 upon Ce(III)(NO3 )3 addition. 2 can also be prepared by the oxidation of 1 eq. Ce(III)(NO3 )3 with [(BnTPEN)Mn(IV)=O]2+ (5). In addition, the EPR spectroscopy revealed the elegant temperature-dependent equilibria between 2 and Mn(IV) species. The binding of redox-active Ce(IV) boosts electron transfer efficiency of 2 towards ferrocenes. Remarkably, the newly characterized Mn(III)-O-Ce(IV) species can carry out O-atom and H-atom transfer reactions.
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