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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 2.

Mössbauer parameters for the paramagnetic species detected in the as-prepared, cryoreduced and high-temperature annealed oxy-HO and oxy-Mb samples

Species (FeIII-O2 H)HO (FeIII-O22)Mb (FeIII-H2O)HOa (FeIII-H2O)Mb α-hydroxyhemina FeIII Mb producta (FeIV=O2−)Mb deoxyMbd
Spin 1/2 1/2 5/2 5/2 5/2 5/2 1 2
Δ/λ 6.9 9.4
V/λ 5.5 7.8
D (cm−1) 10.5 8.5 9.5 10.5 24c −10
E/D 0.0025 0.0025 0.007b 0.007 0c 1/3
gx 1.93 1.97 2 2 2 2 2 2
gy 2.19 2.11 2 2 2 2 2 2
gz 2.37 2.22 2 2 2 2 2 2
ΔEQ (mm/s) 2.03 1.71 1.24 1.24 1.24 1.24 1.49 −2.24
η 2.2 2.4 0 0 0 0 0 0.9
δ(mm/s) 0.29 0.29 0.42 0.42 0.42 0.42 0.10 0.92
Axx/gnβn (T) −6.5 −5.7 −19.6 −19.9 −20.0 −19.8 −19.4 −6.4
Ayy/gnβn (T) −34.1 −39.2 −19.6 −19.9 −20.0 −19.8 −19.4 −20.0
Azz/gnβn (T) 13.9 8.5 −19.6 −19.9 −20.0 −19.8 −2.5 −10.0
a

The values for ΔEQ, η and δ are fixed at those reported for (FeIII-H2O)Mb.3,20

b

from reference 5.

c

from refrence 47.

d

from reference 48.