文摘
Redox-inactive metal ions play pivotal roles in regulating the reactivities of high-valent metal鈥搊xo species in a variety of enzymatic and chemical reactions. A mononuclear non-heme Mn(IV)鈥搊xo complex bearing a pentadentate N5 ligand has been synthesized and used in the synthesis of a Mn(IV)鈥搊xo complex binding scandium ions. The Mn(IV)鈥搊xo complexes were characterized with various spectroscopic methods. The reactivities of the Mn(IV)鈥搊xo complex are markedly influenced by binding of Sc3+ ions in oxidation reactions, such as a 2200-fold increase in the rate of oxidation of thioanisole (i.e., oxygen atom transfer) but a 180-fold decrease in the rate of C鈥揌 bond activation of 1,4-cyclohexadiene (i.e., hydrogen atom transfer). The present results provide the first example of a non-heme Mn(IV)鈥搊xo complex binding redox-inactive metal ions that shows a contrasting effect of the redox-inactive metal ions on the reactivities of metal鈥搊xo species in the oxygen atom transfer and hydrogen atom transfer reactions.