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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2010 Sep 15;132(36):12639–12647. doi: 10.1021/ja102807x

Table 6.

Comparison of calculated ionization energy and experimental reduction potential.

Ionization
energy (eV)a
Reduction
potentialb
(mV)
WT 0.66 −77
WT_2water 1.03
C42S 0.41 −273
C42S_2water 0.89
C39S 0.48 ~−180
C6S 0.59 −170
a

Ionization energy is calculated by subtracting the energy of the optimized reduced state from the energy of the optimized oxidized state.

b

Against NHE (Normal Hydrogen Electrode).