Observation of Fe - H/D modes by nuclear resonant vibrational spectroscopy

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2003

Abstract

Metal-hydrogen bonding is important in chemistry and catalysis, but H atoms are often difficult to observe, especially in metalloproteins. In this work we show that Fe-H interactions can be probed by nuclear resonance vibrational spectroscopy at the 14.4 keV 57Fe nuclear resonance. An important advantage of this method, compared to Raman and IR spectroscopy, is the selectivity for modes that involve 57Fe motion. We present data on the FeS4 site in rubredoxin and the [FeH(D)6]2- ion. Prospects for studying more complex systems are discussed. Copyright © 2003 American Chemical Society.

Publication Title

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volume

125

Issue

14

First Page

4016

Last Page

4017

Comments

This article was published in Journal of the American Chemical Society, Volume 125, Issue 14, Pages 4016-4017.

The published version is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja028767+.

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