title: Crystal and molecular structure of manganese(II) lapacholate, a novel polymeric species undergoing temperature-reversible metal to ligand electron transfer.
abstract: Lapachol (2-hydroxy-3-(3-methyl-2-butenyl)-1,4-naphtoquinone) (HLap, C(15)H(14)O(3)) reacts with Mn(2+) producing a novel polymeric complex with formula: [Mn(Lap)(2)](n). Two ligands chelate the metal through their ortho oxygen (O1, O2) moiety while two para oxygens, from other Lap ligands, complete the octahedral coordination sphere. Thus far, all reported Lap metal complexes are mononuclear, lack the metal-trans-quinonic (para) oxygen binding and have Lap as a bidentate ligand. Synthesis, X-ray diffraction, IR, and UV-visible spectroscopic properties, thermogravimetric analysis, and differential thermal analysis of this complex are reported along with a density functional theory study describing electron transfer from the Mn to the Lap ligand at low temperature. X-ray structure determinations at 125, 197, and 300 K describe the progressive trend of a Mn contribution to the Mn-O1 bond length as a function of T. The Mn-O1 bond distance increases with temperature and may be therefore associated with a semiquinonate action at low T by the carbonyl O1 donor (and corresponding to Mn(III)). It transforms to a more classical coordinative bond at room T and stabilizes a Mn(II) species; this is a reversible phenomenon involving Mn(II)-Mn(III) oxidation states.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, c/o Universita di Roma La Sapienza Vecchio Istituto Chimico, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy. caruso@vassar.edu
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Caruso
authors.forename: Miguel A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.forename: M Elizabeth
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Chacón Villalba
authors.forename: Pedro J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Aymonino
mesh_terms: D020355:Cholates / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004579:Electron Transport; D008024:Ligands; D008345:Manganese / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D020355:Cholates; D008024:Ligands; D008345:Manganese