Table 2.
Computationally and experimentally obtained structural metrics of complexes 1 and 2.
| DFT (B3LYP)# |
DFT (TPSS)* |
EXAFS* |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
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| d[Fe-Neq] | 2.24, 2.24, 2.20, 2.20 | 2.23, 2.24, 2.19, 2.18 | 2.24, 2.27, 2.18, 2.17 | 2.22, 2.22, 2.19, 2.19 | 2.21, 2.21, 2.17, 2.17 | – | – |
| d[Fe-Neq] avg | 2.22 | 2.21 | 2.22 | 2.21 | 2.19 | – | 2.16 |
| d[Fe-Nax] | 2.32 | – | 2.41 | 2.26 | – | – | – |
| d[Fe-N] avg | 2.24 | – | 2.25 | 2.22 | – | 2.17 | – |
| d[Fe—O] | 1.79 | 1.74 | 1.80 | 1.82 | 1.76 | 1.81 | 1.77 |
| d[Fe—Cr] | 3.63 | 3.54 | 3.64 | 3.62 | 3.52 | 3.65 | 3.58 |
| ∠[Fe-O-Cr] | 179.4 | 171.0 | 179.4 | 177.1 | 172.6 | – | – |