Study of Iron–Carbonyl Complexes by X-Ray Emission Spectroscopy (XES) (CAT#: STEM-ST-0297-WXH)

Introduction

Transition-metal carbonyls are of tremendous importance in numerous scientific fields. They are applied as CO-releasing molecules (CORM) in medical therapy, and the binding of CO to enzymatic centers is very often found to be crucial for their biologic activity. Of more economic relevance is the role that they play as intermediates in catalytic reactions, such as the oxidation of CO to CO2 over metal catalysts, and CO hydrogenation to form hydrocarbons in the Fischer–Tropsch process.