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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Aug 25.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2007 Feb 7;129(5):1402–1412. doi: 10.1021/ja067209i

Table 1.

Percent Mössbauer absorptions of the Fe species detected in the as-prepared, cryoreduced and high-temperature annealed oxy-HO and oxy-Mb samples

Oxy-HO
Oxy-Mb
Condition Species % absorptiona Condition Species % absorptiona
As-prepared FeII-O2 84(5) As-prepared FeII-O2 76(3)
FeIII-H2O 16(5) FeIII-H2O 24(3)

Reduced at 77K FeII-O2 36(3) Reduced at 77K FeII-O2 27(3)
FeIII-H2O 10(2) FeIII-H2O 10(2)
FeIII-O2H 34(6) FeIII-O22− 48(5)
S = 0 FeII 14(3) S = 0 FeII 15(3)
S = 1 FeIV 4(2)

Annealed at 180 K Same as prior to annealing Annealed at 180 K FeII-O2 25(3)
FeIII-H2O 10(2)
FeIII-O22− 50(7)
S = 0 FeII 14(2)

Annealed at 220 K FeII-O2 33(4) Annealed at 195 K FeII-O2 25(3)
FeIII-H2O 9(5) FeIII-H2O 11(5)
FeIII-O2H 9(4) FeIII-O22− 5(5)
α-hydroxyhemin 22(5) FeIV=O2− 27(3)
S = 0 FeII 6(2) FeIII-product 18(5)
S = 2 FeII 4(3) Deoxy Mb 14(2)
S = 1 FeIV 6(2)
a

values in the parentheses are uncertainties estimated for the last significant digits.