Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 62, Number 4, May 2003
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Page(s) | 582 - 587 | |
Section | Condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2003-00390-9 | |
Published online | 01 May 2003 |
The electronic structure and chemical bonding of vitamin
1
Institute of Metal Physics, Russian Academy of Science-Ural Division
620219 Yekaterinburg GSP-170, Russia
2
Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, University of Saskatchewan
116 Science Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E2, Canada
3
Department of Physics, University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City,
MO 64110, USA
4
Center of Excellence in Biocystallography, Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche
Università di Trieste - 34127 Trieste, Italy
5
Universität Osnabrück, Fachbereich Physik - D-49069 Osnabrück, Germany
Received:
8
August
2002
Accepted:
13
March
2003
The electronic structure and chemical bonding of vitamin (cyanocobalamin) and -derivative (methylcobalamin) are studied by means of X-ray emission (XES) and photoelectron (XPS) spectroscopy. The obtained results are compared with ab initio electronic structure calculations using the orthogonalized linear combination of the atomic orbital method (OLCAO). We show that the chemical bonding in vitamin is characterized by the strong - bond and relatively weak axial - bond. It is further confirmed that the - bond in cyanocobalamin is stronger than that of methylcobalamin resulting in their different biological activity.
PACS: 78.70.En – X-ray emission spectra and fluorescence / 87.64.Fb – EXAFS spectroscopy / 87.15.By – Structure and bonding
© EDP Sciences, 2003
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