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Metal-Ligand Bonding in Iron-Porphyrins and Oxyhaemoglobin

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FALK, J., PHILLIPS, J. & MAGNUSSON, E. Metal-Ligand Bonding in Iron-Porphyrins and Oxyhaemoglobin. Nature 212, 1531–1533 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/2121531a0

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