“…Hemocyanin may be compared with other members of the rapidly growing class of biologically important polynuclear metal compounds in which association among the metals is so close that exchange coupling is verified or probable. In some members of this class, paramagnetism has been detected at high temperatures so that the strength of the exchange coupling could be measured (Palmer et al, 1971;Moss et al, 1972;Dawson et al, 1972); in others only a lower limit has been reported (Moss et al, 1969(Moss et al, , 1971Moleski et al, 1970). The very strong couplings (>200°K) seen in some iron-sulfur proteins have led to suggestions that there must be a direct metal-metal bond as well as superexchange through bridging sulfides (Lewis et al, 1972;Moleski et al, 1970).…”