title: Two new terpyridine dimanganese complexes: a manganese(III,III) complex with a single unsupported oxo bridge and a manganese(III,IV) complex with a dioxo bridge. Synthesis, structure, and redox properties.
abstract: Two new terpyridine dimanganese oxo complexes [Mn(2)(III,IV)(mu-O)(2)(terpy)(2)(CF(3)CO(2))(2)](+) (3) and [Mn(2)(III,III)(mu-O)(terpy)(2)(CF(3)CO(2))(4)] (4) (terpy = 2,2':6,2' '-terpyridine) have been synthesized and their X-ray structures determined. In contrast to the corresponding mixed-valent aqua complex [Mn(2)(III,IV)(mu-O)(2)(terpy)(2)(H(2)O)(2)](3+) (1), the two Mn atoms in 3 are not crystallographically equivalent. The neutral binuclear monooxo manganese(III,III) complex 4 exhibits two crystallographic forms having cis and trans configurations. In the cis complex, the two CF(3)CO(2)(-) ligands on each manganese adopt a cis geometry to each other; one CF(3)CO(2)(-) is trans to the oxygen of the oxo bridge while the second is cis. In the trans complex, the two coordinated CF(3)CO(2)(-) have a trans geometry to each other and are cis to the oxo bridge. The electrochemical behavior of 3 in organic medium (CH(3)CN) shows that this complex could be oxidized into its corresponding stable manganese(IV,IV) species while its reduced form manganese(III,III) is very unstable and leads by a disproportionation process to Mn(II) and Mn(IV) complexes. Complex 4 is only stable in the solid state, and it disproportionates spontaneously in CH(3)CN solution into the mixed-valent complex 3 and the mononuclear complex [Mn(II)(terpy)(2)](2+) (2), thereby preventing the observation of its electrochemical behavior.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Electrochimie Organique et de Photochimie Rédox, CNRS UMR 5630, Université Joseph Fourier, BP 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
authors.forename: Carole
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baffert
authors.forename: Marie-Noëlle
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Collomb
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Deronzier
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pécaut
authors.forename: Julian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Limburg
authors.forename: Robert H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Crabtree
authors.forename: Gary W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Brudvig
mesh_terms: D001952:Bridged-Ring Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004563:Electrochemistry / Q000379:methods; D008345:Manganese / Q000737:chemistry*; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010472:Perchlorates / Q000737:chemistry; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D001952:Bridged-Ring Compounds; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D010472:Perchlorates; D008345:Manganese