The manganese compounds [Mn(bpia)(OAc)(OCH
3)](PF
6) (
1), [Mn(bipa)(OAc)(OCH
3)](PF
6) (
2), [Mn(bpia)(Cl)
2](ClO
4)(
3), [Mn(bipa)(Cl)
2](ClO
4) (
4), [Mn(Hmimppa)(Cl)
2]·CH
3OH (
5), and [Mn(mimppa)(TCC)]·2CHCl
3 (
6) (bpia = bis(picolyl)(
N-methylimidazole-2-yl)amine; bipa = bis(
N-methylimidazole-2-yl)(picolyl)amine; Hmimppa = ((1-methylimidazole-2-yl)methyl)((2-pyridyl)methyl)(2-hydroxyphenyl)amine; TCC = tetrachlorocatechol) were synthesizedand characterized by various techniques such as X-ray crystallography, mass spectrometry, IR, EPR, and UV/visspectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry, and elemental analysis.
1 and
2 crystallize in the triclinic space group
P (No.2),
4 and
6 crystallize in the monoclinic space group
P2
1/
n (No. 14), and
5 crystallizes in the orthorhombic spacegroup
Pna2
1. Complexes
1-4 are structurally related to the proposed active site of the manganese-dependentextradiol-cleaving catechol dioxygenase exhibiting an N
4O
2 donor set (
1 and
2) or N
4Cl
2 donor set (
3 and
4). Cyclicvoltammetric data show that the substitution of oxygen donor atoms with chloride causes a shift of redox potentialsto more positive values. These compounds show high catalytic activity regarding the oxidation of 3,5-di-
tert-butylcatechol to 3,5-di-
tert-butylquinone exhibiting saturation kinetics at high substrate concentrations. The turnovernumbers
kcat = (86 ± 7) h
-1 (
1),
kcat = (101 ± 4) h
-1 (
2),
kcat = (230 ± 4) h
-1 (
3), and
kcat = (130 ± 4) h
-1 (
4)were determined from the double reciprocal Lineweaver-Burk plot. Compounds
5 and
6 can be regarded as structuraland electronic Mn analogues for substituted forms of Fe-containing intradiol-cleaving catechol dioxygenases. Toour knowledge
5 is the first mononuclear Mn(II) compound featuring an N
3OCl
2 donor set.