Iron L2,3-Edge X-ray Absorption and X-ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism Studies of Molecular Iron Complexes with Relevance to the FeMoco and FeVco Active Sites of Nitrogenase

Inorganic Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 14, 2017, Pages 8147-8158

  Kowalska, Joanna K ^a   Nayyar, Brahamjot ^b   Rees, Julian A ^a,c,f   Schiewer, Christine E ^d   Lee, Sonny C ^b   Kovacs, Julie A ^c   Meyer, Franc ^d   Weyhermüller, Thomas ^a   Otero, Edwige ^e   Debeer, Serena ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ENERGY CONVERSION   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^e SYNCHROTRON SOLEIL   (France)

^f LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; COORDINATION COMPOUND; IRON DERIVATIVE; NITROGENASE;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COORDINATION COMPLEXES; IRON COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITROGENASE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 85024398483     PISSN: 00201669     EISSN: 1520510X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b00852     Document Type: Article

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