A new oxime ligand in manganese chemistry: a [Mn8] and a [Mn6] cage from the use of 2-dihydroxy-2-phenylacetamidine.

The use of phamidoxH(2) (phamidoxH(2) = 2-dihydroxy-2-phenylacetamidine) in manganese cluster chemistry led to the synthesis and characterization of a hexametallic and an octametallic Mn(III) cluster, both of which display a S = 3 ground state.