title: Biomimetic approach to the oxygen evolving center: resonance Raman investigation of a manganese mu-oxo dimer in three oxidation states.
abstract: A biologically relevant dinuclear manganese mono-mu-oxo complex with a bound phenolate ligand in three oxidation states, (III,III), (III,IV) and (IV,IV), was studied using resonance Raman spectroscopy. Depending upon the excitation frequency, phenolate vibrations or mu-oxo vibrations were enhanced, which allowed us to assign the UV-visible absorption spectra. In the case of the mixed valence species (III,IV), the mu-oxo vibration at 854 cm-1 has been assigned by isotopic substitution (H2(18)O) to nu as(Mn-O-Mn). This preferential enhancement of the asymmetric vibration stresses the asymmetric character of the bridge.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Inorganique et Matériaux Moléculaires, ESA CNRS 7071, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 75252 Paris cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Albela
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chottard
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Girerd
mesh_terms: D019281:Dimerization; D017895:Manganese Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D018716:Molecular Mimicry; D010087:Oxides / Q000737:chemistry*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry*; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman
chemical_list: D017895:Manganese Compounds; D010087:Oxides; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins; D010100:Oxygen