Probing Physical Oxidation State by Resonant X‐ray Emission Spectroscopy: Applications to Iron Model Complexes and Nitrogenase
Open Access
- 26 January 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Angewandte Chemie
- Vol. 60 (18), 10112-10121
- https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202015669
Abstract
The ability of resonant X‐ray emission spectroscopy (XES) to recover physical oxidation state information, which may often be ambiguous in conventional X‐ray spectroscopy, is demonstrated. By combining Kβ XES with resonant excitation in the XAS pre‐edge region, resonant Kβ XES (or 1s3p RXES) data are obtained, which probe the 3dn+1 final state configuration. Comparison of the non‐resonant and resonant XES for a series of high‐spin ferrous and ferric complexes shows that oxidation state assignments that were previously unclear are now easily made. The present study spans iron tetrachlorides, iron sulfur clusters, and the MoFe protein of nitrogenase. While 1s3p RXES studies have previously been reported, to our knowledge, 1s3p RXES has not been previously utilized to resolve questions of metal valency in highly covalent systems. As such, the approach presented here provides chemists with means to more rigorously and quantitatively address challenging electronic structure questions.Funding Information
- Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (1877/1-1)
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