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

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.

Comparative preparations of homoleptic hydridic anions of iron and ruthenium using solution-based organometal hydrogenation techniques.

A study of the preparations of the complex hydridic anions [MH(6)](4)(-) (M = Fe and Ru) reveals a number of distinctive features. Here a soluble homoleptic ruthenium hydride has been prepared for the first time. For example, both FeX(2) and [Ru(eta(4)-1,5-COD)X(2)], X = Cl and Br, react with PhMgBr solutions under hydrogen to produce the title compounds.

Solution Spectroscopic and Chemical Properties of the Complex Hydride [FeH(6)](4-).

Solution spectroscopic and chemical behavior was examined in the case of the homoleptic hydridic anion of iron [FeH(6)](4)(-). Examination of the UV-visible spectrum in THF revealed a LMCT band which occurs at 41 x 10(3) cm(-)(1) (epsilon = 1200 L mol(-)(1) cm(-)(1)). A manifold between 470 and 500 nm was consistent with overlapping spin-forbidden transitions: (1)A(1g) --> (3)T(2g) and (1)A(1g) --> (3)T(1g).