Photosensitized water oxidation by use of a bioinspired manganese catalyst

Abstract

Manganificent potential: A dinuclear manganese catalyst contains metal centers that are coordinated by a central phenolate, with adjoining imidazole and carboxylate groups, which are all important functionalities in the natural oxygen-evolving center. The complex catalyzes the conversion of water to oxygen in the presence of a single-electron oxidant [Ru(bpy)3]3+ (see picture, bpy=2,2′-bipyridine, A=acceptor). Copyright © 2011 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.