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An iron(II) porphyrin 1-methylimidazole (mim) complex covalently encap
sulated within a large aryl ether dendritic cage, Fe-II(mim)(2)L(5), d
isplays reversible dioxygen-binding activity, in which the dioxygen ad
duct survives over a period of months even in the presence of water, a
nd exhibits a half-life of 50 h upon exposure to carbon monoxide.