Valence delocalization transition

A schematic molecular orbital diagram for the Fe-Fe interaction in an S = I valence-delocalized Fe Fe pair based on effective C v symmetry at the Fe sites and the observed electronic transitions for the valance-delocalized [Fe2S2l cluster is shown in Fig. 15. The dominant interaction (responsible for the S = ground state) is the a overlap between the pair of orbitals, with progressively smaller tt interactions between pairs of d z and dyz orbitals and S interactions between pairs of d y amd / orbitals. The three highest energy tran-... 

IR VTMCD band in each of the [Fe3S4] spectra, therefore, corresponds to the uniaxial a- a transition of Fe-Fe interaction and the resonance delocalization energy, (3, is determined to be 4290 25 cm for Type 1 clusters and 4350 25 cm for Type 2 clusters. Hence, the Fe-Fe interactions within the valence-delocalized pair are very similar in both locations. 

A pure transition metal is best described by the band theory of solids, as introduced in Chapter 10. In this model, the valence s and d electrons form extended bands of orbitals that are delocalized over the entire network of metal atoms. These valence electrons are easily removed, so most elements In the d block react readily to form compounds oxides such as Fc2 O3, sulfides such as ZnS, and mineral salts such as zircon, ZrSi O4. ... 

The ferrocenyldiphynylpropargyl cation, 77, has an intrinsic delocalization nature exhibiting a valence tautomerization band at 856 nm, and its nucleophilic trapping reactions give rise to the formation of ferrocenyldiphyenylallenes (173). The bis(acetylide) mixed-valence complexes of ferrocene and the Ru complex moiety, 78, also behave as a fulvene-cumulene structure, 79, showing a u(M=C = C—C) band at 1985 cm-1 (174). Related alleylidene and cumulenylidene complexes of transition metals have been reviewed by Bruce (175). 

The relative strengths of conjugative and hyperconjugative interactions are sharply altered, and general delocalization phenomena become much more pronounced near transition metals, where the abundance of low-lying unfilled valence orbitals provides many new pathways for donor-acceptor stabilization. 

Although there is a huge body of research on the kinetics of outer-sphere electron-transfer reactions of mononuclear transition-metal complexes, there are only a small number of papers on dinuclear systems. When the valences of the two metal centers are localized, current evidence indicates that the metal centers typically react essentially independently. On the other hand, for delocalized systems this can hardly be the case. Experimental study of electron transfer with such... 

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