Syntheses, structure, and properties of a manganese-calcium cluster containing a Mn4Ca2 core

Lucjan B Jerzykiewicz; Józef Utko; Marek Duczmal; Piotr Sobota

doi:10.1039/b613320g

Syntheses, structure, and properties of a manganese-calcium cluster containing a Mn4Ca2 core

Dalton Trans. 2007 Feb 28:(8):825-6. doi: 10.1039/b613320g. Epub 2007 Jan 10.

Authors

Lucjan B Jerzykiewicz¹, Józef Utko, Marek Duczmal, Piotr Sobota

Affiliation

¹ Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wrocław, 14. F. Joliot Curie, 50-383, Wrocław, Poland.

PMID: 17297508
DOI: 10.1039/b613320g

Abstract

We describe here a novel, simple, efficient self-assembly method for the in situ generation of [Mn4Cl4(micro-OCH2CH2OMe)4(EtOH)4] and [Mn4(micro-Cl)Cl3(micro-OCH2CH2OMe)4(HOCH2CH2OMe)3]2 cubane-type compounds which react readily with calcium species to form cluster [Mn4Ca2Cl4(micro-OCH2CH2OMe)8], the calcium atoms attached to the Mn4 unit of flatten out the cubane inducing significant conformational changes.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Calcium Compounds / chemistry*
Crystallography, X-Ray
Manganese Compounds / chemistry*
Molecular Structure
Photosystem II Protein Complex / chemistry*

Substances

Calcium Compounds
Manganese Compounds
Photosystem II Protein Complex