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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 15.
Published in final edited form as: Inorg Chem. 2010 Feb 15;49(4):1404–1419. doi: 10.1021/ic901431r

Table 4.

Selected Fe-N bond distance, g values and 1H-NMR of heme-FeIII complexes.

Heme-FeIIIComplex Fe–N (Å) g˔ value pyrrole-H (δ,
ppm)
spin state reference
5-coordinate
(OEP)FeCl 2.063 5.76(toluene) 80.3(CDCl3) h.s. (a) 73,75,76
(TPP)FeCl 2.040 (9)
2.070 (9)
5.66(toluene) 80.8(toluene-d8) h.s. 75,77,78
(F8)FeCl 2.089(4) 6.16(CH2Cl2) 81.0(CDCl3) h.s. 29,30
[(OEP)Fe](ClO4) 1.994(10) 5.83 (CH2Cl2) --- i.s. (b) 79,80
[(TPP)Fe](ClO4) 2.001(5) 4.72(CH2Cl2)
5.84(2-
metTHF)
−10 h.s. + i.s. 35,74
[(F8)Fe](ClO4) --- 5.72(CH2Cl2) ~15 h.s. + i.s. 74
[(F8)Fe](SbF6) --- 5.84(CH2Cl2) 27.2, 11.6 h.s. + i.s. this work
6-coordinate
[(OEP)Fe(DMSO)2]+ 2.035(9) --- --- h.s. 81
[(TPP)Fe(H2O)2]+ 2.045(8)
2.029(5)
~6(solid) --- h.s. 82,83
[(OEP)Fe(1-MeIm)2]+ 2.004(2) --- --- l.s. (c) 81
[(TPP)Fe(1-MeIm)2]+ 1.982(3) gz = 2.890, gy=
2.291,
gx=1.554
--- l.s. 84
[(OEP)Fe(THF)2]+ 1.999(2)
1.978(12)
4.68(CH2Cl2) --- i.s. 85,86
[(TPP)Fe(THF)2]+ (d) 2.00(1) --- --- i.s. 87
[(F8)Fe(THF)2](SbF6) 2.027(3) 6.12(THF) 54.7, 14.8 h.s + i.s. this work
(a)

: h.s. = high spin, S=5/2;

(b)

: i.s. = intermediate spin, S=3/2;

(c)

: l.s. = low spin, S=1/2;

(d)

: derived from a dinuclear heme-FeIII-CuII complex, [(TPP)Fe(THF)2]-{[(TPP)Fe(THF)][Cu(MNT)2]} •2THF (MNT = cis-1,2-dicyanoethylenedithiolate) OEP = octaethylporphine; TPP = meso-tetraphenylporphyrin; 2-metTHF = 2-methytetrahydrofuran; 1-MeIm = 1-methylimidazole; DMSO = dimethyl sulfoxide.