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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A
Volume 109, Issue 43, Pages 9867-9874Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jp0581429
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Electronic structures of [Fe2S2(SCH3)(4)](2-.3-) in DMSO solution are calculated using reference interaction site model complete active space self-consistent field (RISM-CASSCF)/multireference second-order Moller-Plesset perturbation theory (MRMP) method. For the reduced state, we obtain both the low-spin Fe3+Fe2+ localized and high-spin Fe2.5+Fe2 5+ delocalized forms, which are very close in energy. The spin interaction constants obtained from the energies of states with various spin multiplicities are in good agreement with the available experimental estimates both for the oxidized and for the reduced states. The dynamic electron correlation effect is found to be important in estimating the spin interaction between the Fe ions. The redox potentials are calculated to be 2.87 and 2.78 eV for the localized and delocalized reduced states, respectively, which are close to the experimental values. We devise a simple model for calculating the free energy curves of the reduction process based on the RISM-SCF theory. The activation barrier height is calculated to be 7.4 kcal/mol at the equilibrium geometry of oxidized state, indicating that the reduction reaction will occur efficiently in DMSO solvent. The effect of solvent fluctuation on the free energy profiles is discussed on the basis of the present calculations.
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