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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Chem Sci. 2016 Jun 9;7(9):6132–6140. doi: 10.1039/c6sc01469k

Table 1.

Comparative Structural and Spectroscopic Data for Low Spin Mn(IV) Nitride Complexes

Complex Mn-N (Å) Mn-C (Å) E-Mn-N (°)a EPR E (V)
PhB(MesIm)3Mn≡N (2) 1.523(2) 1.938(2) 174.7 g1 = 2.35 -0.82 Vb
1.956(2) g2 = 1.973 -2.30 V
2.006(2) g3 = 1.965
(TIMENxyl)Mn≡N+ 1.524(3) 1.932(6) 179.4 g1 = 2.22 -1.1 V
1.990(5) g2 = 1.98 -2.4 V
2.103(5) g3 = 1.97
a

E = B for 2, E = N for (TIMENxyl)Mn≡N+.

b

Oxidation of 2 is irreversible.