Аннотация:The mechanisms of hydrolysis of a model iron–sulfur–nitrosyl complex (ISNC)[Fe(NO)2(SCH 2 )2 ]+ 1 with thioformaldehyde ligands have been studied using the density functional theoryand polarizable continuum model of water. Quantum chemical calculations employed the TPSSH and M06functionals and def2-TZVP basis set and took into account interactions with water medium. Hydrolysis of 1was found to be an exothermic process with small activation energy whereas exchange of NO for H2 O is ther-modynamically unfavorable. The calculations have predicted lower activation barrier for the associativemechanism with concerted replacement of SCH2 by H2 O than for dissociative mechanism with homolyticbond cleavage of the Fe–S coordination bond in water. The mechanism of hydrolysis that involves participa-tion of OH – was found to be less probable at pH 7. The calculation results show that ISNC 1 is of{Fe 1+(NO•)2} 9 type and retains its tetrahedral structure that is typical for crystals of ISNC with thiocarbonylligands.