The electronic structure and chemical bonding of vitamin
\chem{B_{12}} (cyanocobalamin) and \chem{B_{12}}-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
\chem{B_{12}} is characterized by the strong \chem{Co}-\chem{C}
bond and relatively weak axial \chem{Co}-\chem{N} bond. It is
further confirmed that the \chem{Co}-\chem{C} bond in
cyanocobalamin is stronger than that of methylcobalamin resulting
in their different biological activity
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