A synthetic model for the oxygen-evolving complex in Sr(2+)-containing photosystem II.

Chem Commun (Camb)

Polymer Materials Research Center, Key Laboratory of Superlight Materials & Surface Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China.

Published: August 2014

A novel heterometallic MnSr complex containing the Mn3SrO4 cuboidal moiety and all types of μ-O(2-) moieties observed in the oxygen-evolving complex (OEC) in Sr(2+)-containing photosystem II (PSII) has been synthesized and characterized, which provides a new synthetic model of the OEC.

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