L-Edge X-ray Absorption Spectroscopic Investigation of {FeNO}6: Delocalization vs Antiferromagnetic Coupling

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• 作者：James J. YanMargarita A. Gonzales ; Pradip K. Mascharak ; Britt HedmanKeith O. Hodgson ; Edward I. Solomon
• 刊名：Journal of the American Chemical Society
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 25, 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：139
• 期：3
• 页码：1215-1225
• 全文大小：597K
• ISSN：1520-5126

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NO is a classic non-innocent ligand, and iron nitrosyls can have different electronic structure descriptions depending on their spin state and coordination environment. These highly covalent ligands are found in metalloproteins and are also used as models for Fe–O₂ systems. This study utilizes iron L-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), interpreted using a valence bond configuration interaction multiplet model, to directly experimentally probe the electronic structure of the S = 0 {FeNO}⁶ compound [Fe(PaPy₃)NO]²⁺ (PaPy₃ = N,N-bis(2-pyridylmethyl)amine-N-ethyl-2-pyridine-2-carboxamide) and the S = 0 [Fe(PaPy₃)CO]⁺ reference compound. This method allows separation of the σ-donation and π-acceptor interactions of the ligand through ligand-to-metal and metal-to-ligand charge-transfer mixing pathways. The analysis shows that the {FeNO}⁶ electronic structure is best described as Fe^III–NO(neutral), with no localized electron in an NO π* orbital or electron hole in an Fe dπ orbital. This delocalization comes from the large energy gap between the Fe–NO π-bonding and antibonding molecular orbitals relative to the exchange interactions between electrons in these orbitals. This study demonstrates the utility of L-edge XAS in experimentally defining highly delocalized electronic structures.