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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Oct 9.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2007 Jun 29;129(29):9049–9065. doi: 10.1021/ja070909i

Figure 13.

Figure 13

Qualitative splitting of bis-μ-oxo FeIV d-orbitals under dissent in symmetry. There are four spin-allowed d-d transitions. The thick red arrows represent FeIV d-d transitions which are orbitally allowed in C2v. The thin red arrow becomes allowed, due to the lowering of symmetry.