title: Carboxylate ligands drastically enhance the rates of oxo exchange and hydrogen peroxide disproportionation by oxo manganese compounds of potential biological significance.
abstract: To mimic the carboxylate-rich active site of the manganese catalases more closely we introduced carboxylate groups into dimanganese complexes in place of nitrogen ligands. The series of dimanganese(III,IV) complexes of tripodal ligands [Mn(2)(L)(2)(O)(2)](3+/+/-/3-) was extended from those of tpa (1) and H(bpg) (2) to those of H(2)(pda) (3) and H(3)(nta) (4) (tpa=tris-picolylamine, H(bpg)=bis-picolylglycylamine, H(2)(pda)=picolyldiglycylamine, H(3)(nta)=nitrilotriacetic acid). While 3 [Mn(2)(pda)(2)(O)(2)][Na(H(2)O)(3)] could be synthesized at -20 degrees C and characterized in the solid state, 4 [Mn(2)(nta)(2)(O)(2)](3-) could be obtained and studied only in solution at -60 degrees C. A new synthetic procedure for the dimanganese(III,III) complexes was devised, using stoichiometric reduction of the dimanganese(III,IV) precursor by the benzil radical with EPR monitoring. This enabled the preparation of the parent dimanganese(III,III) complex 5 [Mn(2)(tpa)(2)(O)(2)](ClO(4))(2), which was structurally characterized. The UV/visible, IR, EPR, magnetic, and electrochemical properties of complexes 1-3 and 5 were analyzed to assess the electronic changes brought about by the carboxylate replacement of pyridine ligands. The kinetics of the oxo ligand exchanges with labeled water was examined in acetonitrile solution. A dramatic effect of the number of carboxylates was evidenced. Interestingly, the influence of the second carboxylate substitution differs from that of the first one probably because this substitution occurs on an out-of-plane coordination while the former occurs in the plane of the [Mn(2)O(2)] core. Indeed, on going from 1 to 3 the exchange rate was increased by a factor of 50. Addition of triethylamine caused a rate increase for 1, but not for 3. The abilities of 1-3 to disproportionate H(2)O(2) were assessed volumetrically. The disproportionation exhibited a sensitivity corresponding to the carboxylate substitution. These observations strongly suggest that the carboxylate ligands in 2 and 3 act as internal bases.
authors.affiliation: CEA-DSM, Laboratoire de Chimie Inorganique et Biologique, UMR E 3 CEA-UJF, CEA-Grenoble, 38054 Grenoble, France.
authors.forename: Lionel
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dubois
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pécaut
authors.forename: Marie-France
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Charlot
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: Jean-Marc
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Latour
mesh_terms: D002264:Carboxylic Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004563:Electrochemistry; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D007700:Kinetics; D008024:Ligands; D008280:Magnetics; D008345:Manganese / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry*; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared / Q000379:methods; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D002264:Carboxylic Acids; D008024:Ligands; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D008345:Manganese; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D010100:Oxygen