Table S2.
Normal mode assignments of the symmetric COO− stretching vibrations of model 1
S1 | S2 (Mn1 oxidized) | S2 (Mn4 oxidized) | ||||||
Frequency (cm−1)* | Intensity (km/mol) | Assignment | Frequency (cm−1)* | Intensity (km/mol) | Assignment | Frequency (cm−1)* | Intensity (km/mol) | Assignment |
1,280 | 144 | E189 | 1,281 | 109 | E189 | 1,262 | 279 | E189 |
1,285 | 80 | A344 | 1,290 | 108 | A344 | 1,286 | 90 | E333 |
1,307 | 182 | E189 | 1,291 | 149 | E333 | 1,288 | 73 | A344 |
1,340 | 382 | A344 | 1,330 | 392 | A344 | 1,292 | 219 | E189 |
1,355 | 70 | D170 | 1,337 | 45 | E189 | 1333 | 329 | A344 |
1,363 | 179 | E354, D342 | 1348 | 120 | D342, E333 | 1,351 | 198 | E333, D170 |
1,366 | 77 | D61, D342 | 1,349 | 166 | D342, E333 | 1,357 | 374 | D170 |
1,368 | 198 | D342, E354, D61, E189, A344 | 1,356 | 113 | D170 | 1,363 | 39 | E333, D170 |
1,378 | 76 | E354, A344 | 1,358 | 250 | E354 | 1,366 | 157 | D170, E333 |
1,378 | 252 | E189, E354 | 1,366 | 147 | E189 | 1,367 | 154 | D342, E189 |
1,380 | 85 | E189, E354, A344 | 1,367 | 42 | D61, E333 | 1,373 | 176 | E189, E354, D342 |
1,389 | 195 | E333 | 1,370 | 413 | D170, D61, E333 | 1,374 | 151 | D61, E189, D342, A344 |
1,400 | 383 | D170 | 1,376 | 38 | D170, A344, E333 | 1,374 | 42 | D61, E189, D342, A344, E354 |
1,410 | 261 | D61, D342 | 1,377 | 99 | E354, D170, A344 | 1,377 | 163 | E189, A344, D342, E354 |
1,411 | 113 | D342, D61 | 1,378 | 211 | D170, A344 | 1,384 | 224 | E354 |
1,413 | 75 | E189 | 1,409 | 159 | D342 | 1,419 | 330 | D61, D342 |
1,412 | 198 | D61 | 1,420 | 160 | D342, D61 | |||
1,421 | 42 | E189, E333 | 1,448 | 158 | E189 | |||
1,422 | 106 | E333, E189 | ||||||
1,439 | 107 | E189 |
Calculated frequencies were scaled with a factor of 0.9593 to adjust the frequency of a major peak of the calculated S2/S1 difference spectrum (an average spectrum of Mn1- and Mn4-oxidized S2) to 1,401 cm−1, where an intense negative band is located in the experimental spectrum.