title: Preparation of a "twisted basket" Mn(4)N(8) cluster: a two-hydrogen-atom reduced analogue of the Mn(4)N(8) pinned butterfly.
abstract: Mn4(μ-NHPh)4(μ-PhNNPh-κ(2)N,N')2(py)4 () is synthesized via self assembly from dimeric Mn2(μ-NHPh)2(NR2)2 and PhNHNHPh (R = SiMe3). This cluster represents the N-N cleaved version of the previously-reported Mn4(μ-NHPh)2(μ3-PhNNPh-κ(3)N,N')2(μ-PhNNPh-κ(2)N,N')(py)4 "pinned butterfly" cluster (), formally reduced by two hydrogen atoms. Cluster may be converted to by addition of N,N'-diphenylhydrazine as a two-electron reductant.
authors.affiliation: Temple University, Department of Chemistry, 1901 N. 13th St., Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA. mzdilla@temple.edu.
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Gau
authors.forename: Clifton R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Hamilton
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Zdilla
mesh_terms: D006859:Hydrogen; D008345:Manganese / Q000737:chemistry*; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D010659:Phenylhydrazines / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D010659:Phenylhydrazines; D008345:Manganese; D006859:Hydrogen