125Te and 57Fe nuclear resonance vibrational spectroscopic characterization of intermediate spin state mixed-valent dimers

Aleksa Radović, Justin T. Henthorn, Hongxin Wang, Deepak Prajapat, Ilya Sergeev, Nobumoto Nagasawa, Yoshitaka Yoda, Stephen P. Cramer and George E. Cutsail ()
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Aleksa Radović: Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion
Justin T. Henthorn: Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion
Hongxin Wang: SETI Institute
Deepak Prajapat: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
Ilya Sergeev: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
Nobumoto Nagasawa: Precision Spectroscopy Division
Yoshitaka Yoda: Precision Spectroscopy Division
Stephen P. Cramer: SETI Institute
George E. Cutsail: Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion

Nature Communications, 2025, vol. 16, issue 1, 1-14

Abstract: Abstract Iron-sulfur clusters fulfill numerous roles throughout biology. The reduced [2Fe-2S]+ cluster offers unique electronic and magnetic properties due to its mixed-valent nature and can serve as an essential model for understanding electron transfer, electron delocalization, and accessible spin states not only in mixed-valent dimers, but potentially larger iron sulfur clusters. Recently a series of mixed-valent diiron dichalcogenide complexes [L2Fe2Q2]− (Q = S (1), Se (2), Te (3), L = 2,6-diisopropylphenyl β-diketiminate ligand) were synthesized and characterized, where complex 1 showed a typical S = 1/2 spin state, while complexes 2 and 3 exhibited intermediate S = 3/2 spin states, potentially enabled by the minimization of vibronic coupling. Here we studied the vibrational dynamics of the Fe and Te centers in these complexes using 57Fe and 125Te nuclear resonance vibrational spectroscopy (NRVS), coupled with DFT calculations. The findings suggest that heavy character of larger chalcogen atoms results in decreased vibronic coupling. The observation of an intermediate spin state is shown to be unattainable for lighter Fe2Q2 cores. This highlights the crucial role of vibronic coupling in modulating the electronic structure of mixed-valence systems and should enhance understanding of the electronic structure in more complex biological Fe-S clusters.

Date: 2025
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