Magnetic circular dichroism and computational study of mononuclear and dinuclear iron(iv) complexes† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: VT MCD spectra, VT and VTVH MCD intensity analysis of complex 1, energies, S x, S z values and Boltzmann populations of S = 1 magnetic sublevels as a function of the applied magnetic field, derivation of the excited states arising from the 1b2 → 2b1 transition, determination of the C-term sign of band 1 and the E(2e → 2a1) transitions for complex 1, VTVH MCD spectra, VTVH simulations and the computed MCD spectrum of complex 2. See DOI: 10.1039/c4sc03268c Click here for additional data file.

The electronic structures of mononuclear and dinuclear iron(iv) complexes are studied using magnetic circular dichroism and wavefunction-based ab initio methods, and then correlated with their similar reactivities toward H- and O-atom transfer.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ye, Shengfa, Xue, Genqiang, Krivokapic, Itana, Petrenko, Taras, Bill, Eckhard, Que Jr, Lawrence, Neese, Frank
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Royal Society of Chemistry 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4583211/