Comparative Experimental and Theoretical Study of the C and O K-Edge X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy in Three Highly Popular, Low Spin Organoiron Complexes: [Fe(CO)5], [(η5-C5H5)Fe(CO)(μ-CO)]2, and [(η5-C5H5)2Fe]
- Silvia Carlotto*Silvia Carlotto*E-mail: [email protected] (S.C.).Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università degli Studi di Padova, Via Francesco Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, ItalyMore by Silvia Carlotto
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- Paola FinettiPaola FinettiDipartimento di Scienze e Metodi dell’Ingegneria, Università di Modena, Via Università 4, 41121 Modena, ItalyMore by Paola Finetti
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- Monica de Simone
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- Girolamo CasellaGirolamo CasellaDipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via Archirafi 22, 90123 Palermo, ItalyMore by Girolamo Casella
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- Mauro SambiMauro SambiDipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università degli Studi di Padova, Via Francesco Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, ItalyConsorzio INSTM, Unità di Ricerca di Padova, Via Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, ItalyMore by Mauro Sambi
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- Maurizio Casarin*Maurizio Casarin*E-mail: [email protected] (M.C.).Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università degli Studi di Padova, Via Francesco Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, ItalyCNR−ICMATE, Via Francesco Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, ItalyMore by Maurizio Casarin
Abstract

The unoccupied electronic structures of three closed-shell, highly popular organoiron complexes ([Fe(CO)5], [(η5-C5H5)Fe(CO)(μ-CO)]2, and [(η5-C5H5)2Fe]; 0, I, and II, respectively) have been investigated both experimentally and theoretically by combining original gas-phase X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) outcomes recorded at the C and O K-edge with results of scalar relativistic time-dependent density functional calculations carried out within the zeroth order regular approximation. Experimental evidence herein discussed complement the Fe L2,3-edges XAS ones we recently recorded, modeled, and assigned for the same complexes (Carlotto et al. Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58, 5844). The first-principle simulation of the C and O K-edge features allowed us to univocally identify the electronic states associated to the ligand-to-metal charge transfer (LMCT) transitions both in I and in II. At variance to that, LMCT transitions with sizable oscillator strengths do not play any role in determining neither the C nor the O K-edge spectral pattern of 0. The higher π-acceptor capability of the CO ligand, regardless of its terminal or bridging coordination, with respect to [(η5-C5H5)]− is herein ultimately confirmed.
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