Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.117, No.28, 7513-7519, 1995
EPR Study of the (Fe4S4)(+) State in Single-Crystals of (Et(4)N)(3)(Fe4S4(SCH(2)pH)(4)) - G-Tensors of Kramers Doublets of the S=3/2 Ground-State
Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) of single crystals of the synthetic compound (Et(4)N)(3)[Fe4S4(SCH2-Ph)(4)] is presented. The measurements had to be done at very low temperature (a few kelvins) to avoid broadening of the EPR lines by the fast spin-lattice relaxation. Broadening and splittings of the lines result nevertheless from the spin-spin interactions between the paramagnetic [Fe4S4](+) "cubanes". However, one can follow the EPR lines of the transitions within the fundamental and excited Kramers doublets associated with the effective spin S = 3/2 of the ion [Fe4S4](+). The two corresponding effective g-tensors are associated with a strongly nonaxial zero field splitting tenser (lambda congruent to 1/3) and real g values around g(av) = 1.9. These results are discussed in relation to the theories of strong double exchange.
Keywords:ELECTRON-PARAMAGNETIC-RES;IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS;SYNTHETIC ANALOGS;SPIN-RESONANCE;HYPERFINE PROPERTIES;REDUCED FERREDOXINS;(FE4SE4)+ CLUSTERS;FE4S4 CORE;(FE4S4(SR)4)3;MOSSBAUER