Laboratory Stopped-Flow XAFS Apparatus. Structure Determination of the Short-Lived Peroxochromium Intermediate Formed during Reduction Process of Chromate(VI) Ion by Hydrogen Peroxide

In order to determine the structure parameters of the reaction intermediate formed during the reduction process of chromate(VI) ion by hydrogen peroxide, a laboratory stopped-flow X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS ) apparatus, which was constructed by a rotating anode X-ray generator, an energy scanning spectrometer, a stopped-flow assembly, and X-ray detectors, was newly developed. Using the apparatus, the Cr K -edge XAFS spectrum of the reaction intermediate was measured. One oxo group, two peroxo groups, and one water molecule are coordinated to the Cr(VI) center in the intermediate, CrO(O2)2(H2O ) , with Cr - O bond lengths of 157, 168, and 193 pm, respectively. The geometry around the Cr(VI) center is probably 6-coordinate pentagonal pyramidal.