We have prepared a series of 94.5%-enriched
57Fe(II) complexes of tetramesitylporphyrin andoctaethylporphyrin having various bis- or mixed axial ligation and investigatedthem by both NMR and Mössbauerspectroscopy. The results obtained, and literature values for MbCOand cytochrome
c, show a rough correlationbetween
EQ and
Fe. Thiscorrelation suggested that the previously-reported chemical shifts ofthe complexes[TPPFeL
2], L = pyridine-
d5, andpyrrolidine (Nozawa, T.; Sato, M.; Hatano, M.; Kobayashi, N.; Osa, T.
Chem.Lett. 1983, 1289) might be incorrect;we have thus used the rapid pulsing method of Schwenck to detect thesignalof the bis-pyridine-
d5 complex at 11 715 ppm,within its predicted chemical shift range, based upon the
Fe vsEQcorrelation, and ~4,400 ppm to lower shielding than originallyreported. These findings emphasize the value of theMössbauer-NMR correlation in aiding the detection of
57Fe NMR signals, as well as the perils of seekingtheseeasily "folded" signals without such a correlation.