Artificial synthetic Mn(IV)Ca-oxido complexes mimic the oxygen-evolving complex in photosystem II

Dalton Trans. 2015 Mar 14;44(10):4431-5. doi: 10.1039/c4dt03459g.

Abstract

A novel family of heteronuclear Mn(IV)Ca-oxido complexes containing Mn(IV)Ca-oxido cuboidal moieties and reactive water molecules on Ca(2+) have been synthesized and characterized to mimic the oxygen-evolving complex (OEC) of photosystem II (PSII) in nature.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biomimetic Materials / chemical synthesis
  • Biomimetic Materials / chemistry*
  • Calcium / chemistry*
  • Coordination Complexes / chemical synthesis
  • Coordination Complexes / chemistry*
  • Manganese / chemistry*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Oxygen / chemistry*
  • Photosystem II Protein Complex / chemistry*
  • Water / chemistry

Substances

  • Coordination Complexes
  • Photosystem II Protein Complex
  • Water
  • Manganese
  • Oxygen
  • Calcium