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Direct observation of molecular orbital mixing in a solvated organometallic complex

  • Edlira Suljoti
  • , Raul Garcia-Diez
  • , Sergey I. Bokarev
  • , Kathrin M. Lange
  • , Roland Schoch
  • , Brian Dierker
  • , Marcus Dantz
  • , Kenji Yamamoto
  • , Nicholas Engel
  • , Kaan Atak
  • , Oliver Kühn
  • , Matthias Bauer
  • , Jan Erik Rubensson
  • , Emad F. Aziz

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Abstract

Fundamental processes: Charge donation/backdonation in the [Fe(CO) 5] molecule in solution was measured by resonant inelastic X-ray scattering. This method can be used to selectively probe the electronic structure at each atom in the iron-carbonyl bond.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)9841-9844
Number of pages4
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume52
Issue number37
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 9 Sept 2013
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • backdonation
  • organometallic complexes
  • resonant inelastic X-ray scattering
  • X-ray spectroscopy

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