Water Oxidation Catalyzed by a Dinuclear Mn Complex:A Functional Model for the Oxygen-Evolving Center of Photosystem II

摘要

Multinuclear manganese complexes have played an important role in the search for structural analogues of the active site of the oxygen-evolving complex (OEC) of photosys-tem II.However,the discovery of a functional biomimetic manganese complex that catalyzes the oxidation of water to dioxygen remains a challenge with enormous scientific implications.