Manganese–calcium clusters supported by calixarenes

The structure of the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II, which contains a cubane-like metal-oxo cluster incorporating four manganese (III,IV) cations, along with a calcium cation, has focussed attention on synthetic analogues of this cluster. Despite this activity, there are relatively few st...

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Main Authors: Fuller, Rebecca, Koutsantonis, G., Lozic, I., Ogden, Mark, Skelton, B.
Format: Journal Article
Published: R S C Publications 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15614
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author Fuller, Rebecca
Koutsantonis, G.
Lozic, I.
Ogden, Mark
Skelton, B.
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Koutsantonis, G.
Lozic, I.
Ogden, Mark
Skelton, B.
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description The structure of the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II, which contains a cubane-like metal-oxo cluster incorporating four manganese (III,IV) cations, along with a calcium cation, has focussed attention on synthetic analogues of this cluster. Despite this activity, there are relatively few structurally characterised coordination clusters with this combination of metal cations. The calixarenes are synthetically versatile and well established cluster-supporting ligands, which to date have not been reported to support a calcium/manganese cluster. Here we report that p-t-butylthiacalix[4]arene supports CaMn2 and Ca2Mn2 clusters, whereas reactions of p-t-butylcalix[4]arene, p-t-butylsulfinylcalix[4]arene, and p-t-butylsulfonylcalix[4]arene, under the same conditions, produced only homometallic manganese complexes.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-156142018-09-18T01:18:25Z Manganese–calcium clusters supported by calixarenes Fuller, Rebecca Koutsantonis, G. Lozic, I. Ogden, Mark Skelton, B. The structure of the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II, which contains a cubane-like metal-oxo cluster incorporating four manganese (III,IV) cations, along with a calcium cation, has focussed attention on synthetic analogues of this cluster. Despite this activity, there are relatively few structurally characterised coordination clusters with this combination of metal cations. The calixarenes are synthetically versatile and well established cluster-supporting ligands, which to date have not been reported to support a calcium/manganese cluster. Here we report that p-t-butylthiacalix[4]arene supports CaMn2 and Ca2Mn2 clusters, whereas reactions of p-t-butylcalix[4]arene, p-t-butylsulfinylcalix[4]arene, and p-t-butylsulfonylcalix[4]arene, under the same conditions, produced only homometallic manganese complexes. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15614 10.1039/c4dt02952f R S C Publications fulltext
spellingShingle Fuller, Rebecca
Koutsantonis, G.
Lozic, I.
Ogden, Mark
Skelton, B.
Manganese–calcium clusters supported by calixarenes
title Manganese–calcium clusters supported by calixarenes
title_full Manganese–calcium clusters supported by calixarenes
title_fullStr Manganese–calcium clusters supported by calixarenes
title_full_unstemmed Manganese–calcium clusters supported by calixarenes
title_short Manganese–calcium clusters supported by calixarenes
title_sort manganese–calcium clusters supported by calixarenes
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15614