title: Formation and characterization of mononuclear and dinuclear manganese oxide-dioxygen complexes in solid argon.
abstract: A manganese atom reacts with dioxygen to form the previously characterized MnO 2 molecule in solid argon under UV-visible light irradiation. Subsequent sample annealing allows the dioxygen molecules to diffuse and to react with MnO 2 to give the (eta (2)-O 2)MnO 2 complex, which is characterized to be a side-on bonded peroxo manganese dioxide complex. The manganese tetraoxide MnO 4, which was predicted to be less stable than the (eta (2)-O 2)MnO 2 isomer, was not observed. However, the (eta (2)-O 2)MnO 2 complex reacts with another weakly coordinated dioxygen to give the (eta (2)-O 2)MnO 4 complex via visible light irradiation, in which the manganese tetraoxide is coordinated and stabilized by a side-on bonded O 2 molecule. Manganese dimer reacts with dioxygen to form the cyclic Mn(mu-O) 2Mn cluster spontaneously upon annealing, which further reacts with dioxygen to give the (eta (2)-O 2) 2Mn(mu-O) 2Mn cluster, a side-on bonded disuperoxide complex with a planar D 2 h structure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysts and Innovative Materials, Advanced Materials Laboratory, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: Guanjun
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Mingfei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D001128:Argon / Q000737:chemistry*; D002627:Chemistry, Physical / Q000379:methods*; D019281:Dimerization; D004563:Electrochemistry / Q000379:methods; D017895:Manganese Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010087:Oxides / Q000737:chemistry*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry*; D012984:Software; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D017895:Manganese Compounds; D010087:Oxides; C027424:manganese oxide; D001128:Argon; D010100:Oxygen; C016552:manganese dioxide