@article{ca5775437ffc4e0ab036adf1db287bdc,
title = "Peculiar sandwich-like π-π interaction regulating the nonplanarity of the model heme crystals",
abstract = "X-ray crystallographic analysis of bis(pyridine N-oxide) complexes of iron(III) porphyrinates has revealed that the two pyridine rings of the axial ligands correctly sandwich the porphyrin ring to induce the deformation of commonly observed S4 saddled porphyrin ring.",
keywords = "Deformed porphyrin, Hemeprotein, Iron(III), π-π interaction",
author = "Yoshiki Ohgo and Akito Hoshino and Hidehiro Uekusa and Mikio Nakamura",
note = "Funding Information: We thank Professor Yuji Ohashi, Faculty of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology for assistance with the X-ray measurements. This work was supported by The Reseach Promotion Grant from Toho University Graduate School of Medicine(Nos. 05-21 and 06-01 to Y. O.), and by The Grant-in-Aid (No. 16550061 to M. N.) for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan. This work was also supported by the Research Center for Materials with Integrated Properties, Toho University. ",
year = "2006",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1016/j.inoche.2006.07.024",
language = "English",
volume = "9",
pages = "1183--1186",
journal = "Inorganic Chemistry Communication",
issn = "1387-7003",
publisher = "Elsevier BV",
number = "12",
}