The reactions of manganese(III) porphyrin complexes with terminal oxidants, such as mchloroperbenzoic acid, iodosylarenes, and H 2 O 2 , produced high-valent manganese(V)-oxo porphyrins in the presence of base in organic solvents at room temperature. The manganese(V)-oxo porphyrins have been characterized with various spectroscopic techniques, including UV-vis, EPR, 1 H and 19 F NMR, resonance Raman, and X-ray absorption spectroscopy. The combined spectroscopic results indicate that the manganese(V)-oxo porphyrins are diamagnetic low-spin (S = 0) species with a longer, weaker Mn-O bond than in previously reported Mn(V)-oxo complexes of non-porphyrin ligands. This is indicative of double bond character between the manganese(V) ion and the oxygen atom, and may be attributed to the presence of a trans-axial ligand. The Figure S2), UV-vis spectrum of (TM-2-PyP)Mn V =O ( Figure S3), UV-vis and EPR spectra of (TDCPP)Mn IV =O (2a) (Figure S4), time traces for the natural decay of 1a in the presence of different amounts of base ( Figure S5), and LC-ESI MS of PPh 3 O obtained in isotope labeling experiment ( Figure S6).
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