CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC CHARACTERIZATION OF A POSSIBLE MODEL FOR PHOTOSYSTEM-II

Authors
AURANGZEB N HULME CE MCAULIFFE CA PRITCHARD RG WATKINSON M BERMEJO MR GARCIADEIBE A REY M SANMARTIN J SOUSA A
Citation
N. Aurangzeb et al., CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC CHARACTERIZATION OF A POSSIBLE MODEL FOR PHOTOSYSTEM-II, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (9), 1994, pp. 1153-1155
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00224936
Issue
9
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1153 - 1155
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-4936(1994):9<1153:CCOAPM>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
An X-ray crystal study of [Mn(3,5,Cl-salen)(H2O)(2)](2)(ClO4)(2) [3,5, Cl-salen = N,N'-3,5-dichloro(salicylidene)1,2-diaminoethane] reveals i t to be a hydrogen-bonded di-aquabridged dimer; a combination of the s teric bulk of the ligand and a hydrogen bonding system creates a coord ination cleft which can allow the approach of p-benzoquinone and water photolysis to occur on irradiation with visible light (no such photol ysis occurs when sterically bulky 2,5-tert-butyl-p-benzoquinone is emp loyed).