Synthesis and Structural Characterization of [Mn（sapn）（H2O）2]Br

1 INTRODUCTION Many of the recent advances in the coordination chemistry of manganese have been driven by the involvement of the manganese in several biological redox-active systems[1,2], of which the most important is the oxygen-evolving complex (EOC) of photosystem II (PS II) in green plants [3]. Since the preparations and structural characterizations of the complexes containing N,O-donor ligands have been studied extensively as simple active-site models for the photosystem II[4,5]…

Synthesis and Structural Characterization of [Mn(sapn)(H2O)2]Br

The crystal structure of the title compound [Mn(sapn)(H2O)2]Br (H2sapn = N,N?bis-(salicylidene)-1,3-diaminopropane) with formula C17H18N2O4MnBr and Mr = 449.18 has been determined by X-ray diffraction. The crystal is triclinic with space group P , a = 7.777(1), b = 10.459(2), c = 11.96(3), = 78.22(1), =75.16(8), = 86.80(5)? V = 919(3)3, Dc = 1.631g/cm3, F(000) = 456, = 2.917 cm-1 and Z = 2, with R = 0.0428 and wR = 0.1092 for 2427 reflections (I > 2s(I)). Two nitrogen and two oxygen atoms from the sapn group chelate to the MnⅢ ion, forming a distorted octahedral geometry together with two coordinated water molecules. A bromide anion exists outside as a counter ion.