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The asymmetric stretching vibration of the N3 - group in azidomethemoglobin A (azidometHb A) exhibits a vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) band (Fig. 1) of extraordinary and unprecedented intensity. Its rotational strength is three orders of magnitude greater than any heretofore noted. Integration of the VCD band gives a vibrational rotational strength (per tetramer) of 3 × 10 -40 (esu cm)2, a value typical for the electronic rotational strengths associated with the n → π* transition in saturated ketones.
his work has been supported in part by NSF Grant No. CHE 7706752 and NIH Grant No. HL 16833.
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Marcott, C., Havel, H.A., Hedlund, B., Overend, J., Moscowitz, A. (1979). A Vibrational Rotational Strength of Extraordinary Intensity. Azidomethemoglobin A. In: Mason, S.F. (eds) Optical Activity and Chiral Discrimination. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 48. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7644-4_11
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