Biomimetic Mn-Catalases Based on Dimeric Manganese Complexes in Mesoporous Silica for Potential Antioxidant Agent

Incorporation of Manganese Complexes within Hybrid Resol-Silica and Carbon-Silica Nanoparticles

The incorporation of a luminescent probe into a nano-vector is one of the approaches used to design chemosensors and nanocargos for drug delivery and theranostics. The location of the nano-vector can be followed using fluorescence spectroscopy together with the change of environment that affects the fluorescence properties. The ligand 9-anthracene carboxylate is proposed in this study as a luminescent probe to locate two types of manganese complexes inside three series of porous nanoparticles of different composition: resol-silica, carbon-silica and pure silica. The manganese complexes are a tetranuclear Mn^III cluster [Mn^III₄(μ-O)₂(μ-AntCO₂)₆(bpy)₂(ClO₄)₂] with a butterfly core, and a Mn^II dinuclear complex [{Mn^II(bpy)(AntCO₂)}₂(μ-AntCO₂)₂(μ-OH₂)]. The magnetic measurements indicate that both complexes are present as dinuclear entities when incorporated inside the particles. Both the Mn complexes and the nanoparticles are luminescent. However, when the metal complexes are introduced into the nanoparticles, the luminescent properties of both are altered. The study of the fluorescence of the nanoparticles’ suspensions and of the supernatants shows that Mn^II compounds seem to be more retained inside the particles than Mn^III compounds. The resol-silica nanoparticles with Mn^II complexes inside is the material that presents the lowest complex leaching in ethanol.

Dinuclear manganese(iii) complexes with bioinspired coordination and variable linkers showing weak exchange effects: a synthetic, structural, spectroscopic and computation study

High-resolution HFEPR indicates weak exchange interactions between Mn^III ions in agreement with DFT calculations.

Indirect effect of hydrogen bonds on the magnetic coupling on Mn(iii) dinuclear compounds

Hydrogen bonds between the cationic complex and counteranion weaken the antiferromagnetic interaction.

A bio-inspired zinc finger analogue anchored in 2D hexagonal mesoporous silica for room temperature CO2activation via a hydrogenocarbonate route

A room temperature hydrogenocarbonate intermediate in CO₂activation by a carbonic anhydrase active site analog inserted in the nanopores of mesostructured porous silicas.

New insights into the comprehension of the magnetic properties of dinuclear Mn(III) compounds with the general formula [{MnL(NN)}2(μ-O)(μ-n-RC6H4COO)2]X2

Five new dinuclear Mn(iii) compounds with benzoato derivative bridges [{Mn(bpy)L}2(μ-O)(μ-n-RC6H4COO)2]X2 (n-R = 3-MeO, 4-MeO and 4-tBu, X = NO3(-) and ClO4(-)) were synthesised and characterised. According to X-ray diffraction, the X anions tend to be coordinated to the Mn ions and may occupy the place of the monodentate ligand L. Two structural isomers that only differ in one of their monodentate ligands have been obtained with the 3-MeOC6H4COO(-) bridges. For all compounds, the Mn(iii) ions display elongated octahedra with a pronounced rhombic distortion. To quantify these distortions separately, the elongation and rhombicity parameters Δ and ρ have been defined. The magnetic study shows a good relationship between the distortion of the coordination polyhedra and the zero field splitting parameters (DMn and EMn). From the magnetic data of a powder sample, it is possible to determine the sign and magnitude of DMn for ferromagnetic systems or weak antiferromagnetic systems with DMn < 0. For this kind of dinuclear compound, the R group at the meta position, the rhombic distortion of the octahedra, and large torsion angles between the Jahn-Teller axes lead to ferromagnetic interactions.

Surface molecular engineering in the confined space of templated porous silica

Recent developments in molecular surface engineering inside the confined space of porous materials are surveyed including a new nomenclature proposal.