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Comparative density-functional study of the electron paramagnetic resonance parameters of amavadin
Christian Remenyi1, Markéta L Munzarova, Martin Kaupp
1Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany.
Abstract:
Electronic g tensors and hyperfine coupling tensors have been calculated for amavadin, an unusual eight-coordinate vanadium(IV) complex isolated from Amanita muscaria mushrooms. Different density-functional methods have been compared, ranging from local via gradient-corrected to hybrid functionals with a variable Hartree-Fock exchange admixture. For both electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) properties, hybrid functionals with an appreciable exact-exchange admixture provide the closest agreement with experimental data. Second-order spin-orbit corrections provide non-negligible contributions to the 51V hyperfine tensor. The orientation of g and A tensors relative to each other also depends on spin-orbit corrections to the A tensor. A rationalization for the close resemblance of the EPR parameters of amavadin to those of the structurally rather different vanadyl complexes is provided, based on the nature of the relevant frontier orbitals.
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