the first structural and electronic model of NO-bound cysteine dioxygenase. The nearly
isostructural all-N-donor analogue [Fe (NO)(N4Py)](BF4) 2 (4) was also prepared, and
comparisons of 3 and 4 provide insight regarding the influence of S vs N ligation in {FeNO} 7
species. One key difference occurs upon photoirradiation, which causes the fully reversible
release of NO from 3, but not from 4.