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An iron(II) porphyrin/1-methylimidazole (Im) complex, covalently encap
sulated within a large aryl ether dendrimer cage ((lm)(2)(LSP)Fe-II),
shows reversible dioxygen-binding activity, in which the dioxygen addu
ct ((lm)(L5P)(FeO2)-O-II) survives over a period of months even in the
presence of water. (lm)(LSP)(FeO2)-O-II was highly reluctant to under
go carbonylation upon exposure to a carbon monoxide atmosphere, where
the half-life of (lm)(LSP)(FeO2)-O-II was as long as 50 hours.