title: Preparation and characterization of a microcrystalline non-heme FeIII(OOH) complex powder: EPR reinvestigation of FeIII(OOH) complexes-improvement of the perturbation equations for the g tensor of low-spin FeIII.
abstract: The first example of a microcrystalline powder of a synthetic low-spin (LS) mononuclear Fe(III)(OOH) intermediate has been obtained by the precipitation of the [Fe(III)(L(5) (2))(OOH)](2+) complex at low temperature. The high purity of this thermally unstable powder is revealed by magnetic susceptibility measurements. EPR studies on this complex, in the solid state and also in frozen solution, are reported and reveal the coexistence of two related Fe(III)(OOH) species in both states. We also present a theoretical analysis of the g tensor for LS Fe(III) complexes, based on new perturbation equations. These simple equations provide distortion-energy parameters that are in good agreement with those obtained by a full-diagonalization calculation.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay, UMR CNRS 8182, Equipe de Chimie Inorganique, Université Paris Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Marlène
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martinho
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dorlet
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rivière
authors.forename: Aurore
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thibon
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ribal
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Banse
authors.forename: Jean-Jacques
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Girerd
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods; D005290:Ferric Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D008280:Magnetics; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010545:Peroxides / Q000737:chemistry*; D011208:Powders / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D005290:Ferric Compounds; D010545:Peroxides; D011208:Powders