The todorokite-type manganese oxide molecular sieve materials have been found to have a wide variety of applications as catalysts, absorbents, and battery materials due to their unique structures and physical and chemical properties, and are commonly synthesized from layered Na-buserite. The results showed that Mn (Ⅲ) complexes with the ligand pyrophosphate interrupted the transformation, and Mn (Ⅲ) played a key role in the transformation of layered Na-buserite to todorokite with tunnel structure at atmospheric pressure.