A Series of Manganese(III) Salen Complexes as a Result of Team-Based Inquiry in a Transnational Education Programme.

Yuan, Danlei; Cai, Ningqi; Xu, Jingxi; Miao, Danyang; Zhang, Sheng; Woodfine, Sian E.; Plana, Daniela; Hawes, Chris S.; Watkinson, Michael

Abstract

The development of a team-based approach to research-led transnational practical chemistry teaching is described in which a team of five Chinese students on an articulated transnational degree programme, supported by a team of academic and technical staff, carried out a study examining the structural chemistry of a series of manganese(III) salen complexes. A series of four crystallographically characterized manganese(III) salen complexes with ancillary carboxylate ligands are reported here. The carboxylate coordination modes range from the bridging syn-anti µ2 -?O?:??O' mode observed in the predominant cyclohexanoate and isobutyrate species, to a capping terminal monodentate mode for the adamantanoate species, and an unusual mixture of bridging and terminal coordination modes observed in a second minor phase of the cyclohexanoate species. The variation on extended structures based on the weakly interacting aliphatic backbones may provide a useful basis for further structural studies.

Citation

Yuan, D., Cai, N., Xu, J., Miao, D., Zhang, S., Woodfine, S. E., Plana, D., Hawes, C. S., & Watkinson, M. (2020). A Series of Manganese(III) Salen Complexes as a Result of Team-Based Inquiry in a Transnational Education Programme. ChemPlusChem, 85(6), 1210 - 1219. https://doi.org/10.1002/cplu.202000337

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 13, 2020
• Online Publication Date: May 13, 2020
• Publication Date: 2020-06
• Publicly Available Date: May 26, 2023
• Journal: ChemPlusChem
• Electronic ISSN: 2192-6506
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 85
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 1210 - 1219
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/cplu.202000337
• Keywords: crystal engineering; education; manganese; salen; team-based inquiry.
• Public URL: https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/417010
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/cplu.202000337