Bhattacharya, PriyabrataPriyabrataBhattacharyaBag, RiyaRiyaBagButcher, Ray J.Ray J.ButcherBehera, SnehanjaliSnehanjaliBeheraMondal, BiswajitBiswajitMondalGoswami, SanchitaSanchitaGoswami2025-08-312025-08-312023-12-2710.1039/d3dt01858j2-s2.0-85182372204https://d8.irins.org/handle/IITG2025/2926038205727This manuscript describes the syntheses, structures and magnetism of Mn^III-Ca^II/Sr^II complexes which are compositionally relevant in the context of the oxygen evolving complex (OEC) of photosystem II (PS II). A series of trimetallic tetraoxo complexes containing redox-inactive metal ions Ca^II or Sr^II were synthesized using a tetranucleating ligand framework. The structural characteristics of these complexes, with the oxido ligands bridging the redox-inactive metals and the manganese centres, make them particularly relevant to biological and heterogeneous metal-oxido clusters. Electrochemical studies of these compounds show that the reduction potentials are highly dependent upon the Lewis acidity of the redox-inactive metal, identifying the chemical basis for the observed differences in electrochemistry. This correlation provides insights into the role of the Ca^II/Sr^II ion in modulating the redox potential of the OEC and of other redox-inactive ions in tuning the redox potentials of other metal-oxide electrocatalysts. Temperature dependent magnetic measurements have also been performed for the complexes.falseArticle147792342324-233227 December 20230arJournal0WOS:001141020500001