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 -κO : κO' 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.
Highlights
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
We report the findings of a crystal engineering pilot study investigating the effect of backbone steric bulk on a series of manganese(III) tetradentate N2O2 Schiff base carboxylate complexes, carried out with a group of students engaged in the Keele University – Nanjing Xiaozhuang University BSc
The last year consists of the NXU students essentially integrating into the final year of the BSc Chemistry programme at Keele, with the only exception being that the Chinese students do not undertake the Chemistry Research Project module
Summary
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. Introduction oxidation processes continuously under development.[4] Our interest in the field began at this time when we were employing manganese(III) complexes of tetradentate N2O2 donor Schiff base ligands as biomimetic models During these studies we found that the nature of ancillary carboxylate ligands had a profound effect on the coordination chemistry observed.[5] Subsequently, we utilised the diverse array of carboxylate binding modes observed in these complexes to test the widely held validity[6] of assigning them through the use of vibrational spectroscopy.[7] The [Mn(salen)] cation has been widely used subsequently as a crystal engineering tecton, due to the nature of its linear building unit with two vacant coordination sites at the axial positions. In the UK, transnational education (TNE) has continuously increased over a number of years, with an ever evolving landscape, including a wide variety of modalities adopted across the sector, from
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