Paradigms and Paradoxes: Accidental Degeneracies, II: Suppose the 3p and 3d Orbitals Were Closer in Energy. How would Biochemistry be Different?

Structural Chemistry

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 421-422

  Perks, H Mark ^a   Liebman, Joel F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordination number; Disulfide; Orbital degeneracy; Oxidation state; Phosphates; Transition metals

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME; ESTER DERIVATIVE; HEMOGLOBIN; INORGANIC COMPOUND; IRON; NUCLEIC ACID; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEIN; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DISULFIDE BOND; ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 1642578247     PISSN: 10400400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024462213647     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Perks, H. M.; Liebman, J. F. Struct. Chem., 2003, 14, 415.
2. 2. We should really say there are ten bonding electrons and leave the orbital occupancies unstated. This also allows for a situation in which there are unpaired electrons because of Hund's rule, which allows for additional, otherwise unprecedented, chemistry.