文摘
A disulfide-bridged diiron complex with [Fe鈥揝鈥揝鈥揊e] core, which represents an isomer of the common biological [2Fe鈥?S] ferredoxin-type clusters, was synthesized using strongly 蟽-donating macrocyclic tetracarbene capping ligands. Though the complex is quite labile in solution, single crystals were obtained, and the structure was elucidated by X-ray diffraction. The electron-rich iron鈥搒ulfur core is found to show rather unusual magnetic and electronic properties. Experimental data and density functional theory studies indicate extremely strong antiferromagnetic coupling (鈭?i>J > 800 cm鈥?) between two low-spin iron(III) ions via the S22鈥?/sup> bridge, and the intense near-IR absorption characteristic for the [Fe鈥揝鈥揝鈥揊e] core was assigned to a S 鈫?Fe ligand-to-metal charge transfer transition.