Abstract
The nature of electron density transfer upon bond formation between NO ligand and Fe(II) center is analyzed on the basis of DFT calculation for two {Fe–NO}7 complexes with entirely diverse geometric and electronic structures: FeIIP(NH3)NO (with bent Fe–N–O unit) and [FeII(H2O)5(NO)]2+ (with linear Fe–N–O structure). Proper identification of an electronic status of the fragments, “prepared” to make a bond, was found necessary to get meaningful resolution of charge and spin transfer processes from a spin-resolved analysis of natural orbitals for chemical valence. The FeIIP(NH3)NO adduct (built of NO0 (S=1/2) and FeIIP(NH3) (S=0) fragments) showed a strong π*-backdonation competing with spin transfer via a σ-donation, yielding significant red-shift of the NO stretching frequency. [FeII(H2O)5(NO)]2+ (built of NO0 (S=1/2) antiferromagnetically coupled to FeII(H2O)5 (S=2) fragment) gave no noticeable charge or spin transfer between fragments; a slight blue-shift of the NO stretching frequency could be related to a residual π-donation due to weak π-bonding.
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