Issue 27, 2016

A DFT and multi-configurational perturbation theory study on O2 binding to a model heme compound via the spin-change barrier

Abstract

Dioxygen binding to a model heme compound via intersystem crossing (ISC) was investigated with a multi-state multi-configurational self-consistent field method with second-order perturbation theory (MS-CASPT2) and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. In elongated Fe–O distances, the energy levels of the S0 and T1 states are separated, which decreases the probability of intersystem crossing in these structures. At the DFT(B97D) level of calculation, the Fe–O distances of the S0 and T1 states were 1.91 and 2.92 Å, respectively. The minimum energy intersystem crossing point (MEISCP) was located as a transition state at a Fe–O distance of 2.17 Å with an energy barrier of 1.0 kcal mol−1 from the T1 minimum. The result was verified with MS-CASPT2 calculations including the spin–orbit interaction which also showed the intersystem crossing point at a Fe–O distance of 2.05 Å. An energy decomposition analysis on the reaction coordinate showed the important contribution of the ring-shrinking mode of the porphyrin ring, indicating that the reaction coordinates which control the relative energy level of the spin-states play a key role in intersystem crossing.

Graphical abstract: A DFT and multi-configurational perturbation theory study on O2 binding to a model heme compound via the spin-change barrier

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
08 Apr 2016
Accepted
31 May 2016
First published
01 Jun 2016

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2016,18, 18137-18144

A DFT and multi-configurational perturbation theory study on O2 binding to a model heme compound via the spin-change barrier

Y. Kitagawa, Y. Chen, N. Nakatani, A. Nakayama and J. Hasegawa, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2016, 18, 18137 DOI: 10.1039/C6CP02329K

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