Experimental and theoretical identification of the Fe(vii) oxidation state in FeO4
Jun-Bo Lu1, Jiwen Jian2, Wei Huang1
1Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China. junli@tsinghua.edu.cn.
Abstract:
The experimentally known highest oxidation state of iron has been determined to be Fe(vi) so far. Here we report a combined matrix-isolation infrared spectroscopic and theoretical study of two interconvertible iron oxide anions: a dioxoiron peroxide complex [(η2-O2)FeO2]- with a C2v-structure and a tetroxide FeO4- with a D2d tetrahedral structure, which are formed by co-condensation of laser-ablated iron atoms and electrons with O2/Ar mixtures at 4 K. Quantum chemistry theoretical studies indicate that the Jahn-Teller distorted tetroxide FeO4- anion is a d1 species with hereto the highest iron formal oxidation state Fe(vii).
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