Spectroscopic Characterization and Reactivity of Triplet and Quintet Iron(IV) Oxo Complexes in the Gas Phase.
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SUBMITTER: Andris E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4778411 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
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Spectroscopic Characterization and Reactivity of Triplet and Quintet Iron(IV) Oxo Complexes in the Gas Phase.
Andris Erik E Jašík Juraj J Gómez Laura L Costas Miquel M Roithová Jana J
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20160216 11
Closely structurally related triplet and quintet iron(IV) oxo complexes with a tetradentate aminopyridine ligand were generated in the gas phase, spectroscopically characterized, and their reactivities in hydrogen-transfer and oxygen-transfer reactions were compared. The spin states were unambiguously assigned based on helium tagging infrared photodissociation (IRPD) spectra of the mass-selected iron complexes. It is shown that the stretching vibrations of the nitrate counterion can be used as a ...[more]
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