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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
卷 52, 期 12, 页码 6788-6797出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ic302053w
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- U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences [DE-AC02-05CH11231]
- National Science Foundation (NSF) [CHE-0714121]
- Danish Councils for Independent Research
- U.S. DOE Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences [DE-AC02-98CH10886]
The structure of ferric iron (Fe3+) dimers in aqueous solutions has long been debated. In this work, we have determined the dimer structure in situ in aqueous solutions using extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy. An Fe K-edge EXAFS analysis of 0.2 M ferric nitrate solutions at pH 1.28-1.81 identified a Fe-Fe distance at similar to 3.6 angstrom, strongly indicating that the dimers take the mu-oxo form. The EXAFS analysis also indicates two short Fe-O bonds at similar to 1.80 angstrom and ten long Fe-O bonds at similar to 2.08 angstrom, consistent with the mu-oxo dimer structure. The scattering from the Fe Fe paths interferes destructively with that from paths belonging to Fe(OH2)(6)(3+) monomers that coexist with the dimers, leading to a less apparent Fe shell in the EXAFS Fourier transform. This might be a reason why the characteristic Fe Fe distance was not detected in previous EXAFS studies. The existence of mu-oxo dimers is further confirmed by Mossbauer analyses of analogous quick frozen solutions. This work also explores the electronic structure and the relative stability of the mu-oxo dimer in a comparison to the dihydroxo dimer using density function theory (DFT) calculations. The identification of such dimers in aqueous solutions has important implications for iron (bio)inorganic chemistry and geochemistry, such as understanding the formation mechanisms of Fe oxyhydroxides at molecular scale.
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