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The Fe-S bond distance is 2.237(7) A, and the iron is pulled out of the porphyrin plane by 0.50 A, indicating that the iron is in the high spin state. This Fe-S bond distance is very similar to the value reported for the P450 enzyme at its resting state. This is the first single crystal x-ray structure of a high spin alkylthiolate-tailed ferric porphyrin. UV-Vis and EPR spectroscopy also showed that methanol binding at low temperatures can induce the high spin to low spin transition for the thiolate-ligated iron porphyrin.","abstract_html":"A high yield synthetic route for an alkylthiolate-tailed bis-face protected iron porphyrin was developed. The high stability of this compound is likely due to the protection from the siloxy pocket around the thiolate tail. 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