June 14, 2004
Journal Article

Terminal Ligand Influence on the Electronic Structure and Intrinsic Redox Properties of the [Fe4S4]2+ Cubane Clusters

Abstract

We used photoelectron spectroscopy (PES) to study how the terminal ligands influence the electronic structure and redox properties of the [4Fe-4S] cubane in several series of ligand-substituted analogue complexes: [Fe4S4CI4-x(CN)x]2-, [Fe4S4CI4-x(SCN)x]2-, [Fe4S4CI4-x(OAc)x]2-, [Fe4S4(SC2H5)4-x(OPr)x]2-, and [Fe4S4(SC2H5)4-x(CI)x]2-(x=0-4). All the ligand-substituted complexes gave similar PES spectra as the parents, suggesting that the mixed-ligand coordination does not perturb the electronic structure of the cubane core significantly.

Revised: October 27, 2005 | Published: June 14, 2004

Citation

FU Y., X. Yang, X.B. Wang, and L.S. Wang. 2004. Terminal Ligand Influence on the Electronic Structure and Intrinsic Redox Properties of the [Fe4S4]2+ Cubane Clusters. Inorganic Chemistry 43, no. 12:3647-3655. PNNL-SA-41773.