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. 2015 Jun 22;54(13):6439–6461. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b00751

Table 2. Geometric Parameters for the Lowest-Energy Valence Isomers of Three Representative Protonation States when the [4Fe–4S] Cluster Is Both Oxidized50 and Reduced by One Electron.

    ROHPE(ROH)
ROHPHE(ROH)
ROHPHEH(ROH)
  exp ox red Δa ox red Δa ox red Δa
cluster bond lengths                    
Fe1–S5 2.344 2.218 2.227 0.01 2.215 2.272 0.06 2.209 2.251 0.04
Fe1–S6 2.393 2.301 2.313 0.01 2.298 2.290 –0.01 2.280 2.268 –0.01
Fe1–S7 2.364 2.328 2.338 0.01 2.317 2.319 0.00 2.313 2.325 0.01
Fe2–S5 2.217 2.323 2.304 –0.02 2.324 2.340 0.02 2.333 2.343 0.01
Fe2–S6 2.186 2.203 2.253 0.05 2.201 2.209 0.01 2.210 2.215 0.00
Fe2–S8 2.181 2.362 2.392 0.03 2.359 2.390 0.03 2.353 2.391 0.04
Fe3–S5 2.319 2.313 2.306 –0.01 2.317 2.333 0.02 2.305 2.333 0.03
Fe3–S7 2.281 2.236 2.299 0.06 2.237 2.255 0.02 2.238 2.255 0.02
Fe3–S8 2.306 2.357 2.358 0.00 2.350 2.372 0.02 2.360 2.382 0.02
Fe4–S6 2.308 2.314 2.325 0.01 2.319 2.308 –0.01 2.325 2.325 0.00
Fe4–S7 2.217 2.320 2.326 0.01 2.324 2.305 –0.02 2.326 2.310 –0.02
Fe4–S8 2.276 2.245 2.265 0.02 2.242 2.312 0.07 2.242 2.296 0.05
Fe2–SC12 2.283 2.263 2.312 0.05 2.258 2.314 0.06 2.257 2.311 0.05
Fe3–SC197 2.285 2.283 2.337 0.05 2.274 2.337 0.06 2.271 2.324 0.05
Fe4–SC96 2.264 2.295 2.357 0.06 2.290 2.348 0.06 2.291 2.353 0.06
HMBPP bond lengths                    
Fe1–OC4 2.046 2.108 2.161 0.05 2.133 2.148 0.01 2.254 2.282 0.03
Fe1–C3 3.039 3.627 3.639 0.01 3.551 3.629 0.08 3.399 3.431 0.03
Fe1–C2 2.913 3.267 3.306 0.04 3.266 3.310 0.04 3.220 3.241 0.02
HMBPP bond lengths                    
OC4–OT167 2.702 2.816 2.880 0.06 2.914 2.843 –0.07 3.179 3.161 –0.02
OT167–OE126 2.761 2.770 2.799 0.03 2.771 2.795 0.02 2.667 2.654 –0.01
OE126–OW1 2.578 3.133 3.131 0.00 2.907 3.051 0.14 3.711 3.740 0.03
OW1–OPPi 2.548 2.746 2.753 0.01 3.006 2.989 –0.02 2.836 2.841 0.01
OC4–OE126 3.526 4.337 4.473 0.14 4.358 4.472 0.11 4.200 4.155 –0.05
OC4–OPPi 4.782 4.958 4.970 0.01 4.890 4.944 0.05 4.874 4.861 –0.01
HMBPP angle                    
C2–C3–C4–OC4 2.046 –104.6 –103.7 0.9 –101.8 –103.7 –1.9 –99.1 –99.3 –0.2
a

The differences in bond length (Å) or angle (deg) between the oxidized and 1e reduced states are given under the column labeled Δ.