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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2026 Apr 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Chem Theory Comput. 2010 Sep 14;6(9):2896–2909. doi: 10.1021/ct900599q

Table 4.

Spin Density in the (Small) Model of the SOR Active Site for the Intermediate- and High-Spin Statesa

method qFe qproximal O qdistal O qO2 qS
Intermediate Spin State
PBE 2.94 0.02 −0.09 0.07 0.03
PBE+U 3.89 −0.43 −0.54 −0.97 0.02
B3LYP 3.72 −0.39 −0.53 −0.92 0.07
High Spin State
PBE 3.76 0.49 0.40 0.89 0.12
PBE+U 3.88 0.48 0.54 1.02 0.02
B3LYP 3.77 0.49 0.51 1.00 0.06
a

Löwdin spin-up minus spin-down populations (q) on iron, oxygens, and sulfur are reported.