A novel dimer of oxo-di(acetato)-bridged manganese(III) dimers complex of potential biological significance

Assembly of the tetranuclear oxomanganese(III) acetato cluster [Mn4O2(O2CMe)(7)(phen)(2)](BF4) from the dinuclear oxo-di(acetato)bridged manganese(III) species [Mn2O(O2CMe)(2)(H2O)(2)(phen)(2)](BF4)(2) . 3H(2)O in aqueous/acetic acid MeOH solution occurs via the new 'dimer of dimers' Mn-III complex [Mn2O(O2CMe)(3)(H2O)(phen)(2)](BF4) . MeOH possesing an unprecedent [Mn-4(mu-O)(2)(mu-O2Me)(4) (mu-(OH2O2CMe)-O-...)(2)] core. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.