We have investigate
d the
57Fe M&
ouml;ssbauerqua
drupole splittings in the following compoun
ds byusing
density functional theory, an
d in some cases via experiment:Fe(CO)
3(
cyclo-buta
diene),Fe(CO)
5, Fe(CO)
3(1,4-buta
diene), CpFe(CO)
2Me,Fe(CO)
3(propenal), CpFe(CO)
2Cl,(CO)(pyri
dine)(DMGBPh
2)
2Fe(II)(DMG =
dimethylglyoximato),(CO)(pyri
dine)(DMGBBN)
2Fe(II) (BBN =9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane), (CO)(1-methylimi
dazole)(5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphinato)Fe(II),(CO)(pyri
dine)(5,10,15,20-tetraphenyl-porphinato)Fe(II),(nitrosobenzene)(pyri
dine)(5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphinato)Fe(II),(pyri
dine)
2(5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphinato)Fe(II),(1-methylimi
dazole)
2(5,10,15,20-tetramesitylporphinato)Fe(II),an
d (trimethylphosphine)
2(2,3,7,8,12,13,17,18-octaethylporphinato)Fe(II).The electric fiel
d gra
dients at iron were evaluate
dbyusing a locally
dense basis approach: a Wachters' all electronrepresentation for iron, a 6-311++G
2d basisforall atoms
directly bon
de
d to iron, an
d either a 6-31G* basis for allother atoms or, in the case of themetalloporphyrins, a 6-31G*/3-21G* or 4-31G* basis, with the smallerbasis being use
d on the peripheralatoms. Using a value of 0.16 × 10
-28m
2 for the qua
drupole moment of
57Fe
m, we fin
d goo
d agreementbetween theoretical an
d experimental qua
drupole splittings: a slopeof 1.04, an
R2 value of 0.975, an
daroot-mean-square error of 0.18 mm s
-1, forthe 14 compoun
ds examine
d. We have also investigate
dtheeffects of the CO ligan
d tilt an
d ben
d on the
57Fequa
drupole splittings in several heme mo
dels. Thetheoreticalresults provi
de no support for the very large (40
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dangles suggeste
d by several
diffractionstu
dies on
Physeter catodon carbonmonoxymyoglobin(
P2
1 crystals). In contrast, theexperimental results for(CO)(1-MeIm)(5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphinato)Fe(II),which contains a linear an
d untilte
d Fe-CO, are invery close accor
d with the experimental values for CO-myoglobin: 0.35mm s
-1 for the mo
del systemversus0.363-0.373 mm s
-1 for MbCO, with
Vzz oriente
d perpen
dicular to theporphyrin plane, as foun
d experimentally.Calculations on metalloporphyrins at the more
distorte
d X-raygeometries yiel
d qua
drupole splittings aroun
d2 mm s
-1, inconsistent withexperiment.