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. 2015 Apr 28;112(17):5265-6.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1505223112. Epub 2015 Apr 16.

An Mn(V)-oxo role in splitting water?

R David Britt  1 , Daniel L M Suess  2 , Troy A Stich  2
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An Mn(V)-oxo role in splitting water?

R David Britt et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Fig. 1.
(A, Top) X-ray structure of the OEC poised in the S1 state (Protein Data Bank ID code 4UB6) (4). (Bottom) Spectroscopically supported DFT model of [Mn(V)H3buea(O)] (10). (B) Qualitative molecular orbital splitting diagram for tetragonal (Left) and trigonal (Right) symmetries (adapted from ref. 14). Note that only the bonding metal–oxo π-orbitals are highlighted.
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