Structural, electrochemical, ESR, and H
2O
2 re
activity studies are reported for [Mn(dmpt
acn)Cl]ClO
4 (
1, dmpt
acn= 1,4-bis(2-pyridylmethyl)-1,4,7-triaz
acyclononane) and binuclear complexes of bis(pentadentate) ligands, generatedby att
aching 2-pyridylmethyl arms to e
ach secondary nitrogen in bis(1,4,7-triaz
acyclononane) m
acrocycles andlinked by ethyl (tmpdtne, [Mn
2(tmpdtne)Cl
2](ClO
4)
2·2DMF,
2), propyl (tmpdtnp, [Mn
2(tmpdtnp)Cl
2](ClO
4)
2·3H
2O,
3), butyl (tmpdtnb, [Mn
2(tmpdtnb)Cl
2](ClO
4)
2·DMF·2H
2O,
4),
m-xylyl (tmpdtn-
m-X, [Mn
2(tmpdtn-
m-X)Cl
2](ClO
4)
2,
5) and 2-propanol (tmpdtnp-OH, [Mn
2(tmpdtnp-OH)Cl
2](ClO
4)
2,
6) groups.
1 crystallizes in theorthorhombic sp
ace group
P2
12
12
1 (No. 19) with
a = 7.959(7) Å,
b = 12.30(1) Å, and
c = 21.72(2) Å;
2, in themonoclinic sp
ace group
P2
1/
c (No. 14) with
a = 11.455(4) Å,
b = 15.037(6) Å,
c = 15.887(4) Å, and
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=96.48(2)
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;
3, in the monoclinic sp
ace group
P2
1/
c (No. 14) with
a = 13.334(2) Å,
b = 19.926(2) Å,
c = 18.799(1) Å, and
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= 104.328(8)
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; and [Mn
2(tmpdtnb)Cl
2](ClO
4)
2·4DMF·3H
2O (
4'), in the monoclinic sp
ace group
P2
1/
n (No. 14) with
a = 13.361(3) Å,
b = 16.807(5) Å,
c = 14.339(4) Å, and
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= 111.14(2)
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. Significantdistortion of the Mn(II) geometry is evident from the angle subtended by the five-membered chelate (ca. 75
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) andthe angles spanned by trans donor atoms (<160
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). The Mn geometry is intermediate between octahedral andtrigonal prismatic, and for complexes
2-4, there is a systematic increase in M···M distance with the length ofthe alkyl chain. Cyclic and square-wave voltammetric studies indicate that
1 undergoes a 1e
- oxidation fromMn(II) to Mn(III) followed by a further oxidation to Mn
IV at a significantly more positive potential. The binuclearMn(II) complexes
2-5 are oxidized to the Mn(III) state in two unresolved 1e
- processes {Mn
II2 ![](/images/entities/rarr.gif)
Mn
IIMn
III ![](/images/entities/rarr.gif)
Mn
III2} and then to the Mn
IV state {Mn
III2 ![](/images/entities/rarr.gif)
Mn
IIIMn
IV ![](/images/entities/rarr.gif)
Mn
IV2}. For
2, the second oxidation process waspartially resolved into two 1e
- oxidation processes under the conditions of square-wave voltammetry. In the caseof
6, initial oxidation to the Mn
III2 state occurs in two overlapping 1e
- processes as was found for
2-5, but thiscomplex then undergoes two further clearly separated 1e
- oxidation processes to the Mn
IIIMn
IV state at +0.89 Vand the Mn
IV2 state at +1.33 V (vs Fc/Fc
+). This behavior is attributed to formation of an alkoxo-bridged complex.Complexes
1-6 were found to catalyze the disproportionation of H
2O
2. Addition of H
2O
2 to
2 generated anoxo-bridged mixed-valent Mn
IIIMn
IV intermediate with a char
acteristic 16-line ESR signal.