(a) Briefly describe the mode of binding of O 2 to the iron centre in one haem...

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(a) Briefly describe the mode of binding of O2 to the iron centre in one haem unit of haemoglobin. 

(b) What are ‘picket fence’ porphyrins and why are they used in model studies of O2 binding to myoglobin or haemoglobin? 

(c) The binding of O2 to haemoglobin exhibits a ‘cooperativity’ effect. What is meant by this statement? 

(d) Why is the change from deoxyhaemoglobin to the oxy-form accompanied by a decrease in the observed magnetic moment?

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Inorganic Chemistry

ISBN: 9781292134147

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Authors: Catherine Housecroft

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