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Song M, Alavi A, Li Manni G. Permutation symmetry in spin-adapted many-body wave functions. Faraday Discuss 2024. [PMID: 39158096 DOI: 10.1039/d4fd00061g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/20/2024]
Abstract
In the domain of exchange-coupled polynuclear transition-metal (PNTM) clusters, local emergent symmetries exist which can be exploited to greatly increase the sparsity of the configuration interaction (CI) eigensolutions of such systems. Sparsity of the CI secular problem is revealed by exploring the site permutation space within spin-adapted many-body bases, and highly compressed wave functions may arise by finding optimal site orderings. However, the factorial cost of searching through the permutation space remains a bottleneck for clusters with a large number of metal centers. In this work, we explore ways to reduce the factorial scaling, by combining permutation and point group symmetry arguments, and using commutation relations between cumulative partial spin and the Hamiltonian operators, . Certain site orderings lead to commuting operators, from which more sparse wave functions arise. Two graphical strategies will be discussed, one to rapidly evaluate the commutators of interest, and one in the form of a tree search algorithm to predict how many and which distinct site permutations are to be analyzed, eliminating redundancies in the permutation space. Particularly interesting is the case of the singlet spin states for which an additional reversal symmetry can be utilized to further reduce the number of distinct site permutations.
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- Maru Song
- Electronic Structure Theory Department, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstraße 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
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- Electronic Structure Theory Department, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstraße 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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- Electronic Structure Theory Department, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstraße 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
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Li Manni G, Dobrautz W, Bogdanov NA, Guther K, Alavi A. Resolution of Low-Energy States in Spin-Exchange Transition-Metal Clusters: Case Study of Singlet States in [Fe(III) 4S 4] Cubanes. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:4727-4740. [PMID: 34048648 PMCID: PMC8201447 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c00397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Polynuclear transition-metal
(PNTM) clusters owe their catalytic
activity to numerous energetically low-lying spin states and stable
oxidation states. The characterization of their electronic structure
represents one of the greatest challenges of modern chemistry. We
propose a theoretical framework that enables the resolution of targeted
electronic states with ease and apply it to two [Fe(III)4S4] cubanes. Through direct access to their many-body
wave functions, we identify important correlation mechanisms and their
interplay with the geometrical distortions observed in these clusters,
which are core properties in understanding their catalytic activity.
The simulated magnetic coupling constants predicted by our strategy
allow us to make qualitative connections between spin interactions
and geometrical distortions, demonstrating its predictive power. Moreover,
despite its simplicity, the strategy provides magnetic coupling constants
in good agreement with the available experimental ones. The complexes
are intrinsically frustrated anti-ferromagnets, and the obtained spin
structures together with the geometrical distortions represent two
possible ways to release spin frustration (spin-driven Jahn–Teller
distortion). Our paradigm provides a simple, yet rigorous, route to
uncover the electronic structure of PNTM clusters and may be applied
to a wide variety of such clusters.
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- Giovanni Li Manni
- Department of Electronic Structure Theory, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstraße 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Electronic Structure Theory, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstraße 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Electronic Structure Theory, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstraße 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Electronic Structure Theory, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstraße 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Electronic Structure Theory, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstraße 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.,Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K
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Kolos M, Tunega D, Karlický F. A theoretical study of adsorption on iron sulfides towards nanoparticle modeling. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:23258-23267. [PMID: 33030174 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp02988b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Surface modification of zero-valent iron (nZVI) nanoparticles, which are frequently used in the removal of chlorinated hydrocarbons from contaminated groundwater, can increase their surface stability without significant loss of reactivity. Sulfidation is a process during which thin iron sulfide phases are formed on nZVI particles. In this work, the adsorption capability of two iron sulfide minerals (mackinawite and pyrite) and ZVI with respect to two small polar molecules (H2O and H2S) and trichloroethylene (TCE) was modeled by using the quantum mechanics (QM) approach. High-level QM methods used on cluster models helped in benchmarking and validation of density functional theory methods used on periodic slab models of the (001) surfaces of iron sulfides and the (111) surface of ZVI. This careful computational treatment was necessary for achieving reliable results because modeled iron containing compounds represent computationally demanding systems. The results showed that adsorption was strongly affected by surface topology, accessibility of surface sites, and the shape of adsorbed molecular species. The mackinawite surface is practically hydrophobic having weak interactions with polar molecules (about -5/-6 kcal mol-1), in contrast to the surfaces of pyrite and ZVI (adsorption energies are about three times larger). On the other hand, the adsorption of weakly polar planar TCE molecule is relatively strong and similar for all three surfaces (in the range of -11 to -17 kcal mol-1). Moreover, it was shown that the dominant component of the adsorption energy of TCE had originated from dispersion interactions, which were less important for small polar molecules.
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- Miroslav Kolos
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, 701 03 Ostrava, Czech Republic.
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Amitouche F, Saad F, Tazibt S, Bouarab S, Vega A. Structural and Electronic Rearrangements in Fe 2S 2, Fe 3S 4, and Fe 4S 4 Atomic Clusters under the Attack of NO, CO, and O 2. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:10919-10929. [PMID: 31794213 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b08201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We report results, based on density functional theory-generalized gradient approximation calculations, that shed light on how NO, CO, and O2 interact with Fe2S2, Fe3S4, and Fe4S4 clusters and how they modify their structural and electronic properties. The interest in these small iron sulfide clusters comes from the fact that they are at the protein cores and that elucidating fundamental aspects of their interaction with those light molecules which are known to modify their functionality may help in understanding complex behaviors in biological systems. CO and NO are found to bind molecularly, leading to moderate relaxations in the clusters, but nevertheless to changes in the spin-polarized electronic structure and related properties. In contrast, dissociative chemisorption of O2 is much more stable than molecular adsorption, giving rise to significant structural distortions, particularly in Fe4S4 that splits into two Fe2S2 subclusters. As a consequence, oxygen tends to strongly reduce the spin polarization in Fe and to weaken the Fe-Fe interaction inducing antiparallel couplings that, in the case of Fe4S4, clearly arise from indirect Fe-Fe exchange coupling mediated by O. The three molecules (particularly CO) enhance the stability of the iron-sulfur clusters. This increase is noticeably more pronounced for Fe2S2 than for the other iron-sulfur clusters of different compositions, a result that correlates with the fact that in recent experiments of CO reaction with FemSm (m = 1-4), the Fe2S2CO product results as a prominent one.
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- Departamento de Física Teórica, Atómica y Óptica , Universidad de Valladolid , Paseo Belèn 7 , E-47011 Valladolid , Spain
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Yin S, Bernstein ER. Fe-V sulfur clusters studied through photoelectron spectroscopy and density functional theory. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:22610-22622. [PMID: 30123901 DOI: 10.1039/c8cp03157f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Iron-vanadium sulfur cluster anions are studied by photoelectron spectroscopy (PES) at 3.492 eV (355 nm) and 4.661 eV (266 nm) photon energies, and by density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The structural properties, relative energies of different structural isomers, and the calculated first vertical detachment energies (VDEs) of different structural isomers for cluster anions FeVS1-3- and FemVnSm+n- (m + n = 3, 4; m > 0, n > 0) are investigated at a BPW91/TZVP theory level. The experimental first VDEs for these Fe-V sulfur clusters are reported. The most probable ground state structures and spin multiplicities for these clusters are tentatively assigned by comparing their theoretical and experiment first VDE values. For FeVS1-3- clusters, their first VDEs are generally observed to increase with the number of sulfur atoms from 1.45 eV to 2.86 eV. The NBO/HOMOs of the ground state of FeVS1-3- clusters are localized in a p orbital on a S atom; the partial charge distribution on the NBO/HOMO localized site of each cluster anion is responsible for the trend of their first VDEs. A less negative localized charge distribution is correlated with a higher first VDE. Structure and steric effect differences for FemVnSm+n- (m + n = 3, m > 0, n > 0) clusters are suggested to be responsible for their different first VDEs and properties. Two types of structural isomers are identified for FemVnSm+n- (m + n = 4, m > 0, n > 0) clusters: a tower structure isomer and a cubic structure isomer. The first VDEs for tower like isomers are generally higher than those for cubic like isomers of FemVnSm+n- (m + n = 4, m > 0, n > 0) clusters. Their first VDEs are can be understood through: (1) NBO/HOMO distributions, (2) structures (steric effects), and (3) partial charge numbers on the NBO/HOMO's localized sites. EBEs for excited state transitions for all Fe-V sulfur clusters are calculated employing OVGF and TDDFT approaches at the TZVP level. The OVGF approach for these Fe/V/S cluster anions is better for the higher transition energies than the TDDTF approach. The experimental and theoretical results for these Fe/V/S cluster anions are compared with their related pure iron sulfur cluster anions. Properties of the NBO/HOMO are essential for understanding and estimating the different first VDEs for Fe/V/S, and comparing them to those of the pure Fe/S cluster anions.
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- Shi Yin
- Department of Chemistry, NSF ERC for Extreme Ultraviolet Science and Technology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA.
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Lang SM, Miyajima K, Bernhardt TM, Mafuné F, Barnett RN, Landman U. Thermal stability of iron-sulfur clusters. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:7781-7790. [PMID: 29504007 DOI: 10.1039/c8cp00515j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The thermal decomposition of free cationic iron-sulfur clusters FexSy+ (x = 0-7, y = 0-9) is investigated by collisional post-heating in the temperature range between 300 and 1000 K. With increasing temperature the preferential formation of stoichiometric FexSy+ (y = x) or near stoichiometric FexSy+ (y = x ± 1) clusters is observed. In particular, Fe4S4+ represents the most abundant product up to 600 K, Fe3S3+ and Fe3S2+ are preferably formed between 600 K and 800 K, and Fe2S2+ clearly dominates the cluster distribution above 800 K. These temperature dependent fragment distributions suggest a sequential fragmentation mechanism, which involves the loss of sulfur and iron atoms as well as FeS units, and indicate the particular stability of Fe2S2+. The potential fragmentation pathways are discussed based on first principles calculations and a mechanism involving the isomerization of the cluster prior to fragmentation is proposed. The fragmentation behavior of the iron-sulfur clusters is in marked contrast to the previously reported thermal dissociation of analogous iron-oxide clusters, which resulted in the release of O2 molecules only, without loss of metal atoms and without any tendency to form particular prominent and stable FexOy+ clusters at high temperatures.
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- Sandra M Lang
- Institute of Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 47, 89069 Ulm, Germany.
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Yin S, Bernstein ER. Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Density Functional Theory Studies of Iron Sulfur (FeS)m– (m = 2–8) Cluster Anions: Coexisting Multiple Spin States. J Phys Chem A 2017; 121:7362-7373. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b07676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Shi Yin
- Department of Chemistry,
NSF ERC for Extreme Ultraviolet Science and Technology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States
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- Department of Chemistry,
NSF ERC for Extreme Ultraviolet Science and Technology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States
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Matthew DJ, Tieu E, Morse MD. Determination of the bond dissociation energies of FeX and NiX (X = C, S, Se). J Chem Phys 2017; 146:144310. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4979679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Daniel J. Matthew
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah UT 84112, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah UT 84112, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah UT 84112, USA
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Yin S, Bernstein ER. Properties of iron sulfide, hydrosulfide, and mixed sulfide/hydrosulfide cluster anions through photoelectron spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations. J Chem Phys 2016; 145:154302. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4964651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Shi Yin
- Department of Chemistry, NSF ERC for Extreme Ultraviolet Science and Technology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, NSF ERC for Extreme Ultraviolet Science and Technology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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Uzunova EL, Mikosch H. Electronic, magnetic structure and water splitting reactivity of the iron-sulfur dimers and their hexacarbonyl complexes: A density functional study. J Chem Phys 2015; 141:044307. [PMID: 25084910 DOI: 10.1063/1.4890650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The iron sulfide dimers (FeS)2 and their persulfide isomers with S-S bonds are studied with the B3LYP density functional as bare clusters and as hexacarbonyls. The disulfides are more stable than the persulfides as bare clusters and the persulfide ground state lies at 3.2 eV above the global minimum, while in the hexacarbonyl complexes this order is reversed: persulfides are more stable, but the energy gap between disulfides and persulfides becomes much smaller and the activation barrier for the transition persulfide → disulfide is 1.11 eV. Carbonylation also favors a non-planar Fe2S2 ring for both the disulfides and the persulfides and high electron density in the Fe2S2 core is induced. The diamagnetic ordering is preferred in the hexacarbonyls, unlike the bare clusters. The hexacarbonyls possess low-lying triplet excited states. In the persulfide, the lowest singlet-to-triplet state excitation occurs by electron transition from the iron centers to an orbital located predominantly at S2 via metal-to-ligand charge transfer. In the disulfide this excitation corresponds to ligand-to-metal charge transfer from the sulfur atoms to an orbital located at the iron centers and the Fe-Fe bond. Water splitting occurs on the hexacarbonyls, but not on the bare clusters. The singlet and triplet state reaction paths were examined and activation barriers were determined: 50 kJ mol(-1) for HO-H bond dissociation and 210 kJ mol(-1) for hydrogen evolution from the intermediate sulfoxyl-hydroxyl complexes Fe2S(OH)(SH)(CO)6 formed. The lowest singlet-singlet excitations in the hexacarbonyls, the water adsorption complexes and in the reaction intermediates, formed prior to dihydrogen release, fall in the visible light region. The energy barrier of 210 kJ mol(-1) for the release of one hydrogen molecule corresponds to one visible photon of 570 nm. The dissociation of a second water molecule, followed by H2 and O2 release via hydro-peroxide intermediate is a two-step process, with activation barriers of 218 and 233 kJ mol(-1), which also fall in the visible light region. A comparison of the full reaction path with that on diiron dioxide hexacarbonyls Fe2O2(CO)6 is traced.
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- Ellie L Uzunova
- Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia 1113, Bulgaria
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- Institute for Chemical Technologies and Analytics, Vienna University of Technology, Getreidemarkt 9/E164-EC, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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Terranova U, de Leeuw NH. Aqueous Fe2S2 cluster: structure, magnetic coupling, and hydration behaviour from Hubbard U density functional theory. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 16:13426-33. [PMID: 24881882 DOI: 10.1039/c4cp00984c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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We present a DFT + U investigation of the all-ferrous Fe2S2 cluster in aqueous solution. We determine the value of U by tuning the geometry of the cluster in the gas-phase to that obtained by the highly accurate CCSD(T) method. When the optimised value of U is employed for the aqueous Fe2S2 cluster (Fe2S2(aq)), the resulting geometry agrees well with the X-ray diffraction structure, while the magnetic coupling is in line with the estimate from Mössbauer data. Molecular dynamics trajectories predict Fe2S2(aq) to be stable in water, regardless of the introduction of U. However, significant differences arise in the geometry, hydration, and exchange constant of the solvated clusters.
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- Umberto Terranova
- Department of Chemistry, University College London, London, WC1H 0AJ, UK.
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Adrover M, Howes BD, Iannuzzi C, Smulevich G, Pastore A. Anatomy of an iron-sulfur cluster scaffold protein: Understanding the determinants of [2Fe-2S] cluster stability on IscU. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2014; 1853:1448-56. [PMID: 25447544 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2014.10.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2014] [Revised: 10/22/2014] [Accepted: 10/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Protein-bound iron sulfur clusters are prosthetic groups involved in several metabolic pathways. Understanding how they interact with the host protein and which factors influence their stability is therefore an important goal in biology. Here, we have addressed this question by studying the determinants of the 2Fe-2S cluster stability in the IscU/Isu protein scaffold. Through a detailed computational study based on a mixed quantum and classical mechanics approach, we predict that the simultaneous presence of two conserved residues, D39 and H105, has a conflicting role in cluster coordination which results in destabilizing cluster-loaded IscU/Isu according to a 'tug-of-war' mechanism. The effect is absent in the D39A mutant already known to host the cluster more stably. Our theoretical conclusions are directly supported by experimental data, also obtained from the H105A mutant, which has properties intermediate between the wild-type and the D39A mutant. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Fe/S proteins: Analysis, structure, function, biogenesis and diseases.
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- Miquel Adrover
- IUNICS, Departament de Química, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Crta. Valldemossa, km 7.5, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, (Spain)
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "Ugo Schiff", Università di Firenze, Via della Lastruccia 3-13, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and General Pathology, Seconda Universita' di Napoli, Via De Crecchio 7, 80138 Naples, (Italy)
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "Ugo Schiff", Università di Firenze, Via della Lastruccia 3-13, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, King's College London, Denmark Hill Campus, London SE5, (UK).
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Groß L, Steenbock T, Herrmann C. The angular dependence of spin-state energy splittings in the core. Mol Phys 2013. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2013.799297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- Lynn Groß
- a Institute of Inorganic and Applied Chemistry , University of Hamburg , Martin-Luther-King-Platz 6, Hamburg , 20146 , Germany
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- a Institute of Inorganic and Applied Chemistry , University of Hamburg , Martin-Luther-King-Platz 6, Hamburg , 20146 , Germany
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- a Institute of Inorganic and Applied Chemistry , University of Hamburg , Martin-Luther-King-Platz 6, Hamburg , 20146 , Germany
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Bruska MK, Stiebritz MT, Reiher M. Analysis of differences in oxygen sensitivity of Fe-S clusters. Dalton Trans 2013; 42:8729-35. [PMID: 23632881 DOI: 10.1039/c3dt50763g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Many but not all iron-sulphur clusters in metalloproteins are known to be sensitive to molecular oxygen with dramatic consequences for their biological function. We performed a systematic quantum chemical investigation that sheds light on the differences in oxygen sensitivity depending on charge and spin states of these clusters as well as on their spatial fixation by the enzyme's scaffold. We find that significant structural distortions are required to bind O2 exothermically to [Fe2S2] and [Fe3S4] clusters, while only small conformational changes allow for the thermodynamically favorable coordination of molecular oxygen to [Fe4S4] cubanes and [Fe4S3] clusters.
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- Marta K Bruska
- ETH Zurich, Laboratorium für Physikalische Chemie, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Li YN, Wang S, Wang T, Gao R, Geng CY, Li YW, Wang J, Jiao H. Energies and Spin States of FeS0/−, FeS20/−, Fe2S20/−, Fe3S40/−, and Fe4S40/−Clusters. Chemphyschem 2013; 14:1182-9. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201201043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Yin S, Xie Y, Bernstein ER. Experimental and theoretical studies of ammonia generation: Reactions of H2 with neutral cobalt nitride clusters. J Chem Phys 2013; 137:124304. [PMID: 23020328 DOI: 10.1063/1.4754158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Ammonia generation through reaction of H(2) with neutral cobalt nitride clusters in a fast flow reactor is investigated both experimentally and theoretically. Single photon ionization at 193 nm is used to detect neutral cluster distributions through time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Co(m)N(n) clusters are generated through laser ablation of Co foil into N(2)/He expansion gas. Mass peaks Co(m)NH(2) (m = 6, 10) and Co(m)NH(3) (m = 7, 8, 9) are observed for reactions of H(2) with the Co(m)N(n) clusters. Observation of these products indicates that clusters Co(m)N (m = 7, 8, 9) have high reactivity with H(2) for ammonia generation. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations are performed to explore the potential energy surface for the reaction Co(7)N + 3∕2H(2) → Co(7)NH(3), and a barrierless, thermodynamically favorable pathway is obtained. An odd number of hydrogen atoms in Co(m)NH(3) (m = 7, 8, 9) probably come from the hydrogen molecule dissociation on two active cobalt nitride clusters based on the DFT calculations. Both experimental observations and theoretical calculations suggest that hydrogen dissociation on two active cobalt nitride clusters is the key step to form NH(3) in a gas phase reaction. A catalytic cycle for ammonia generation from N(2) and H(2) on a cobalt metal catalyst surface is proposed based on our experimental and theoretical investigations.
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- Shi Yin
- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1872, USA
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Yin S, Wang Z, Bernstein ER. Formaldehyde and methanol formation from reaction of carbon monoxide and hydrogen on neutral Fe2S2 clusters in the gas phase. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2013; 15:4699-706. [DOI: 10.1039/c3cp50183c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Haider S, Di Tommaso D, de Leeuw NH. Density functional theory simulations of the structure, stability and dynamics of iron sulphide clusters in water. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2013; 15:4310-9. [DOI: 10.1039/c3cp43560a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Probing the structural, electronic and magnetic properties of multicenter Fe2S2 0/−, Fe3S4 0/− and Fe4S4 0/− clusters. J Mol Model 2012; 19:1527-36. [DOI: 10.1007/s00894-012-1714-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2012] [Accepted: 11/27/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Sharma S, Chan GKL. Spin-adapted density matrix renormalization group algorithms for quantum chemistry. J Chem Phys 2012; 136:124121. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3695642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 211] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Petz R, Lüchow A. Energetics of Diatomic Transition Metal Sulfides ScS to FeS with Diffusion Quantum Monte Carlo. Chemphyschem 2011; 12:2031-4. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201000942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2010] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Wang L, Huang DL, Zhen JF, Zhang Q, Chen Y. Experimental Determination of the Vibrational Constants of FeS(X5Δ) by Dispersed Fluorescence Spectroscopy. CHINESE J CHEM PHYS 2011. [DOI: 10.1088/1674-0068/24/01/1-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Ducháčková L, Roithová J, Milko P, Žabka J, Tsierkezos N, Schröder D. Comparative Study of Mono- and Dinuclear Complexes of Late 3d-Metal Chlorides with N,N-Dimethylformamide in the Gas phase. Inorg Chem 2010; 50:771-82. [DOI: 10.1021/ic100759h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Lucie Ducháčková
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Charles University in Prague, Hlavova 8, 12843 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Charles University in Prague, Hlavova 8, 12843 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Flemingovo nám. 2, 16610 Prague 6, Czech Republic
- Institute of Chemistry and the Lise-Meitner-Minerva Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904, Jerusalem, Israel
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Dolejškova, 3, 18223 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- Institut für Chemie, Elektrochemie und Galvanotechnik, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Weimarer Strasse 25, 98693 Ilmenau, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Flemingovo nám. 2, 16610 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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Eichhöfer A, Olkowska-Oetzel J, Fenske D, Fink K, Mereacre V, Powell AK, Buth G. Synthesis and Structure of an “Iron-Doped” Copper Selenide Cluster Molecule: [Cu30Fe2Se6(SePh)24(dppm)4]. Inorg Chem 2009; 48:8977-84. [DOI: 10.1021/ic900890n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Andreas Eichhöfer
- Institut für Nanotechnologie, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Postfach 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institut für Nanotechnologie, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Postfach 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institut für Nanotechnologie, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Postfach 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Institut für Anorganische Chemie der Universität Engesserstrasse, Geb. 30.45, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institut für Nanotechnologie, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Postfach 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie der Universität Engesserstrasse, Geb. 30.45, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institut für Nanotechnologie, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Postfach 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Institut für Anorganische Chemie der Universität Engesserstrasse, Geb. 30.45, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institut für Synchrotronstrahlung (ISS), Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Postfach 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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On the performance of the hybrid TPSS meta-GGA functional to study the singlet open-shell structures: A combined theoretical and experimental investigations of the Ni2O2 molecule. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.theochem.2009.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Liang B, Wang X, Andrews L. Infrared Spectra and Density Functional Theory Calculations of Group 8 Transition Metal Sulfide Molecules. J Phys Chem A 2009; 113:5375-84. [DOI: 10.1021/jp900994c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Binyong Liang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, P.O. Box 400319, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4319
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, P.O. Box 400319, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4319
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, P.O. Box 400319, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4319
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Schröder D. Gaseous Rust: Thermochemistry of Neutral and Ionic Iron Oxides and Hydroxides in the Gas Phase. J Phys Chem A 2008; 112:13215-24. [DOI: 10.1021/jp8030804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- Detlef Schröder
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Flemingovo nám. 2, 16610 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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Nair NN, Schreiner E, Pollet R, Staemmler V, Marx D. Magnetostructural Dynamics with the Extended Broken Symmetry Formalism: Antiferromagnetic [2Fe-2S] Complexes. J Chem Theory Comput 2008; 4:1174-88. [DOI: 10.1021/ct800089x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- Nisanth N. Nair
- Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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A mixed quantum/classical investigation of the dynamical magnetostructural properties, that is, "magnetodynamics," of oxidized Anabaena PCC7119 ferredoxin is carried out at room temperature in two distinct conformational states. This protein hosts a [2Fe-2S] cluster in which two iron centers are antiferromagnetically coupled to an overall low-spin electronic ground state that has a genuine multireference character. To study the magnetodynamics of this prosthetic group, an approximate spin projection method is formulated in the framework of density functional theory that allows for multideterminant ab initio molecular dynamics simulations to be carried out efficiently. By using this scheme, the influence of both thermal fluctuations and conformational motion on the structure of the [2Fe-2S] cluster and on the dynamics of the antiferromagnetic coupling constant, J(t), has been investigated. In addition to demonstrating how sensitively the shape of the [2Fe-2S] core itself is affected by hydrogen bonding, the analyses reveal a complex dynamical coupling of J to both local vibrations and large-amplitude motion. It is shown that this interplay can be understood in terms of specific vibrational modes and distinct hydrogen-bonding patterns between the iron-sulfur cluster and the protein backbone, respectively. This implies going beyond the Goodenough-Kanamori rules for angular magnetostructural correlations of oxidized iron-sulfur prosthetic groups.
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Wu ZJ, Wang MY, Su ZM. Electronic structures and chemical bonding in diatomic ScX to ZnX (X = S, Se, Te). J Comput Chem 2007; 28:703-14. [PMID: 17195162 DOI: 10.1002/jcc.20603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Bond distances, vibrational frequencies, electron affinities, ionization potentials, dissociation energies, and dipole moments of the title molecules in neutral, positively, and negatively charged ions were studied using density functional method. Ground electronic state was assigned for each molecule. The bonding patterns were analyzed and compared with both the available data and across the series. It was found that, besides ionic component, covalent bonds are formed between the metal s, d orbitals, and the p orbital of S, Se, and Te. For neutral and cationic molecules, the covalent character increases from ScX to CrX and from FeX to CuX with an exception of decrease at MnX and ZnX, while for anionic molecules, the trend is not obvious. For both neutral and charged molecules, the sulfides have the shortest bond distance and largest vibrational frequency, while tellurides have the largest bond distance and smallest vibrational frequency. For neutral and anionic molecules, the dissociation energy of sulfides is the largest, that of tellurides is the smallest, while this only remains true for cationic molecules from ScX(+) to FeX(+).
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- Z J Wu
- Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Chemistry and Physics, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, People's Republic of China.
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Allouti F, Manceron L, Alikhani ME. The Ni2 + O2 reaction: the IR spectrum and structure of Ni2O2. A combined IR matrix isolation and theoretical study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2006; 8:3715-25. [PMID: 16896434 DOI: 10.1039/b606248b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The formation of Ni2O2 can be observed from the condensation of effusive beams of Ni and O2 in neon or argon matrices. Observation of 58Ni(2)16O2, 58Ni60Ni16O2, 60Ni2(16)O2, Ni(2)18O2 and Ni(2)16O18O isotopic data for five fundamental transitions enable a discussion of structural parameters for matrix-isolated Ni2O2 in its cyclic ground state. Analysis of the nickel isotopic effects on the 58,60Ni2(16)O18O fundamentals suggest an elongated rhombic structure with a Ni-O bond force constant (240+/-10 N m-1) and NiONi bond angles around 79 degrees. The latter points to a Ni-Ni internuclear distance shorter than the O-O one. Low-lying singlet, triplet and quintet states have been studied using density functional theory with an unrestricted wave function and broken symmetry formalism. The high spin states and closed shell singlet states have been also investigated at the CCSD(T) level. The Ni2O2 ground state is calculated to be an antiferromagnetic singlet state with all the hybrid functionals. The first order properties (energies, geometry) calculated with a hybrid functional are very similar when different exchange-correlation functionals with different exact exchange fractions are used and the calculated ground state geometry (NiONi bond angle near 80 degrees, NiO bond distance around 179.5 pm) is in good agreement with the experimental estimate. Nevertheless, a correct reproduction of the experimental vibrational properties is found only when a hybrid functional containing an exact exchange fraction in the 0.4-0.5 range is used. The orbital and topological bonding analyses of Ni2O2 reveal that the relatively short Ni-Ni internuclear distance within the molecule should not be interpreted as a remaining metal-metal bonding interaction, but clearly indicate that the bonding driving force is due to the formation of four strong and highly polarized Ni-O bonds. Even in such an early stage of metal oxidation, the Ni-Ni interaction has virtually disappeared.
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- Fayçal Allouti
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, CNRS Laboratoire de Dynamique, Interactions et Réactivité, UMR 7075 Case 49, 4 Place Jussieu, 75252, Paris Cedex 05, France
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Asmis KR, Meijer G, Brümmer M, Kaposta C, Santambrogio G, Wöste L, Sauer J. Gas phase infrared spectroscopy of mono- and divanadium oxide cluster cations. J Chem Phys 2004; 120:6461-70. [PMID: 15267535 DOI: 10.1063/1.1650833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The vibrational spectroscopy of the mono- and divanadium oxide cluster cations VO(1-3)+ and V2O(2-6)+ is studied in the region from 600 to 1600 wave numbers by infrared photodissociation of the corresponding cluster cation-helium atom complexes. The comparison of the experimental depletion spectra with the results of density functional calculations on bare vanadium oxide cluster cations allows for an unambiguous identification of the cluster geometry in most cases and, for VO(1-3)+ and V2O(5,6)+, also of the electronic ground state. A common structural motif of all the studied divanadium cluster cations is a four-membered V-O-V-O ring, with three characteristic absorption bands in the 550-900 wave number region. For the V-O-V and V=O stretch modes the relationship between vibrational frequencies and V-O bond distances follows the Badger rule.
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- Knut R Asmis
- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany.
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Pykavy M, Van Wullen C, Sauer J. Electronic ground states of the V2O4+/0/− species from multireference correlation and density functional studies. J Chem Phys 2004; 120:4207-15. [PMID: 15268587 DOI: 10.1063/1.1643891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The molecular and electronic structures of the V2O4+/0/- species are examined by multireference averaged coupled-pair functional (MR-ACPF) and density functional B3LYP calculations. For all three species, new conformers have been found. Shallow potential energy curves imply high mobility of the oxygen atoms in the neutral and anionic species for which antiferromagnetic coupling of the weakly interacting 3dV electrons is found. Good agreement between the MR-ACPF and B3LYP results for the molecular structures and the relative energies of states with different spin multiplicity, as well as for the ionization energy and electron affinity, is observed. For the computation of the height of the transition barriers between different conformers elaborated MR-ACPF calculations are required.
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- Mikhail Pykavy
- Sekretariat C3, Institut fur Chemie, Fakultat II, Technische Universitat Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany.
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Koszinowski K, Schröder D, Schwarz H. Formation and Reactivity of Gaseous Iron-Sulfur Clusters. Eur J Inorg Chem 2004. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.200300480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Gutsev GL, Bauschlicher CW. Chemical Bonding, Electron Affinity, and Ionization Energies of the Homonuclear 3d Metal Dimers. J Phys Chem A 2003. [DOI: 10.1021/jp030146v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 191] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The relative energies of a multitude of low-lying electronic states of Fe2S-/0/+ are determined by complete active space self-consistent field (CASSCF) calculations. The numerous states obtained are assigned to spin ladders. For selected states, dynamic correlation has been included by multireference configuration interaction (MRCI) and the structures of some high-spin states have been optimized by CASSCF/MRCI. Comparison is made with structures obtained by density-functional theoretical calculations. The ground states of Fe2S-/0/+ are 10B2, 1A1 and 8A2, respectively, and the total splittings of the lowest-energy spin ladders are about 0.18, 0.07 and 0.13 eV, respectively. The spin ladders of Fe2S qualitatively reflect the picture of Heisenberg spin coupling. While both Fe2S- and Fe2S+ show an Fe-Fe distance of about 270 pm, that of Fe2S is about 100 pm longer. The calculated adiabatic electron affinity of Fe2S is 1.2 eV and the ionization energy 6.6 eV. An interpretation of the observed photoelectron spectrum of Fe2S- is given.
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