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Modelling the photosynthetic water oxidation centre: synthesis, structure, and magnetic properties of [Mn<sub>4</sub>O<sub>2</sub>(OAc)<sub>7</sub>(biphy)<sub>2</sub>ClO<sub>4</sub>]·3H<sub>2</sub>O (bipy = 2,2′-bipyridine)

John B. Vincent, Cheryl Christmas, John C. Huffman, George Christou, Hsiu‐Rong Chang, David N. Hendrickson

Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications · 1987 · 55 citations · 0 references

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The synthesis, structure, and magnetic properties of [Mn4O2(OAc)7(bipy)2](ClO4)·3H2O, bipy = 2,2′-bipyridine) are reported; this complex is the first tetranuclear oxide-bridged manganese(III) species and represents the best available model for the photosynthetic water oxidation centre.