title: Magnetic properties of ferric hemoproteins and the relation to electronic structure of the prosthetic group.
abstract: Recently, it has been shown that the magnetic data of bacterial cytochromes c' and of some model complexes are consistent with a quantum mechanically mixed spin state. This new mixed spin state is to distinguish from thermally mixed pure high-spin and low-spin states. Based on ligand field model, the dependence of the magnetic state of a heme complex on the nature of the axial ligands is discussed.
mesh_terms: D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D006420:Hemeproteins; D007501:Iron; D008024:Ligands; D008280:Magnetics
chemical_list: D006420:Hemeproteins; D008024:Ligands; D007501:Iron