Electronic Structure of the Aqueous Vanadyl Ion Probed by 9 and 94 GHz EPR and Pulsed ENDOR Spectroscopies and Density Functional Theory Calculations.
The aqueous vanadyl ion ([VO(H(2)O)(5)](2+)) has been investigated by X-band EPR, 94 GHz W-band EPR, and ESE-ENDOR. These experiments reveal information about the hyperfine (|A(xx)| = 208.5 MHz, |A(yy)| = 208.5 MHz, |A(zz)| = 547.0 MHz), and nuclear quadrupole coupling (|e(2)qQ| = 5.6 MHz) of the (51)V nucleus. The measured nuclear quadrupole coupling parameters are compared to values determined by density functional theory calculations (|e(2)qQ| = 5.2 MHz). These theoretical calculations illustrate that axial ligands and molecular distortions can alter the magnitude of the nuclear quadrupole interaction.
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Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, and Institute of Molecular Biophysics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306.
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