SUPPORTING INFORMATION Mechanistic Studies on the Oxidation of Ascorbic Acid and Hydroquinone by a {Mn4O6}4+ Core in Aqueous Media Maharudra Chakraborty,§ N. Jiten Singh, Pulak Chandra Mandal,§ Suranjana Das,§ and Subrata Mukhopadhyay§* §
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Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700 032, India Center for Superfunctional Materials, Department of Chemistry, Pohang
University of science and Technology, San 31, Hyojadong, Namgu, Pohang 790-784, Korea
* Corresponding author: E-mail:
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TABLE S1: Mn–O and Mn–N Covalent Bond Lengths in 14+ No.
Bond
Bond length in Å
1
Mn1— O1
1.753
2
Mn1— O2
1.742
3
Mn1— N1
2.122
4
Mn1— N2
2.035
5
Mn1— N3
2.020
6
Mn1— N4
2.061
7
Mn2— O1
1.911
8
Mn2— O2
1.823
9
Mn2— O3
1.815
10
Mn2— O4
1.852
11
Mn2— N5
2.096
12
Mn2— N6
2.127
13
Mn3— O3
1.879
14
Mn3— O4
1.792
15
Mn3— O5
1.846
16
Mn3— O6
1.914
17
Mn3— N7
2.040
18
Mn3— N8
2.098
19
Mn4— O5
1.767
20
Mn4— O6
1.791
21
Mn4— N9
2.108
22
Mn4— N10
2.026
23
Mn4— N11
2.092
24
Mn4— N12
2.018
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Figure S1.
Atom labeled pictorial diagram of 14+. Perchlorate anions and crystal
water are not shown.
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Figure S2.
Aromatic CH⋅⋅⋅⋅O interaction responsible for reduction in charge of
the O2 atom in 14+.
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