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The chromium crystal doped with119Sn isotope was studied using the nuclear resonance inelastic x-ray scattering and first principles calculations. The Sn partial phonon density of states (PDOS) was obtained for three temperatures that correspond to different magnetic states of Cr. At all temperatures, the energy spectrum consists of a broad band around 18 meV and a narrow peak at 43 meV. The additional peak around 39 meV is observed only in the magnetically ordered phases, indicating the influence of magnetic order in chromium on lattice dynamics. The partial PDOS calculated with the antiferromagnetic order on Cr atoms show a very good agreement with the experimental data. It is revealed that the high-energy peak is lying above the phonon spectra of the pure bcc-Cr crystal. These are the local modes with the increased energies due to a strongly reduced distance between Sn and the nearest-neighbor Cr atoms.
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Dimeric and monomeric supported single-site Fe(ii) pre-catalysts on SiO2 have been prepared via organometallic grafting and characterized with advanced spectroscopic techniques. Manipulation of the surface hydroxyl concentration on the support influences monomer/dimer formation. While both pre-catalysts are highly active in liquid-phase hydrogenation, the dimeric pre-catalyst is â¼3× faster than the monomer. Preliminary XAS experiments on the H2-activated samples suggest the active species are isolated Fe(ii) sites.
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High-resolution X-ray measurements near a nuclear resonance reveal the complete vibrational spectrum of the probe nucleus. Because of this, nuclear resonance vibrational spectroscopy (NRVS) is a uniquely quantitative probe of the vibrational dynamics of reactive iron sites in proteins and other complex molecules. Our measurements of vibrational fundamentals have revealed both frequencies and amplitudes of (57)Fe vibrations in proteins and model compounds. Information on the direction of Fe motion has also been obtained from measurements on oriented single crystals, and provides an essential test of normal mode predictions. Here, we report the observation of weaker two-quantum vibrational excitations (overtones and combinations) for compounds that mimic the active site of heme proteins. The predicted intensities depend strongly on the direction of Fe motion. We compare the observed features with predictions based on the observed fundamentals, using information on the direction of Fe motion obtained either from DFT predictions or from single crystal measurements. Two-quantum excitations may become a useful tool to identify the directions of the Fe oscillations when single crystals are not available.
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Iron vibrational modes of a deoxyheme protein model (2-methylimidazole)(tetraphenylporphinato)iron(II), [Fe(TPP)(2-MeImH)], have been studied by refining normal mode calculations to nuclear resonance vibrational spectroscopy (NRVS) data. The NRVS measurements give quantitative frequencies and iron amplitudes of all modes with significant Fe vibrational motion. Modes with in-plane displacement of iron are distinguished from those involving out-of-plane motion by measurements on oriented single-crystal samples. Normal modes having large overlaps with in-plane nu(42), nu(50), and nu(53) modes of the porphyrin core are identified, as well as several modes with large iron-imidazole stretch components. An out-of-plane mode at 78 cm(-1) shows significant doming of the porphyrin core, but the largest Fe doming motion arises from the coupling of phenyls and imidazole at 25 cm(-1).