New-fangled Nonheme Manganese (II) Complex for (Electro) Catalytic Oxidation of Water

We report a newly designed single-metal-site Mn-complex (1) which is synthesized by a simple method, structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray crystallography and other spectroscopic tools. Electrochemical water oxidation (EcWO) is performed in different physiological pH conditions and found better activity in pH=8 than neutral and acidic pH.