Storage dioxygen

It is interesting to note that in so many areas of oxygen chemistry, nature uses iron porphyrins for the transport, storage, and utilization of dioxygen and its reduced derivatives. 

Metal complexes of the porphyrins have been studied for many years. Such attention is not surprising, since particular derivatives play a central role in photosynthesis, dioxygen transport and storage as well as other fundamental processes such as electron transfer (Smith, 1975 Dolphin, 1978-9). Indeed, there are few compounds found in nature which can compare with the diversity of biochemical functions exhibited by the porphyrins. 

Porphyrins and metalloporphyrins have been the subject of numerous investigations over the past century. This attention is not surprising if one considers that particular derivatives play central roles in essential biological processes such as photosynthesis, dioxygen transport and storage, and electron transfer. 

Dioxygen Related Ligands Iron Heme Proteins Dioxygen Transport Storage Iron Heme Proteins, Peroxidases, Catalases Catalase-peroxidases Iron Porphyrin Chemistry Long-range Electron Transfer in Biology. 

Iron Heme Proteins Dioxygen Transport Storage... 

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