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Question

Explain why carbon monoxide is able to out compete oxygen gas when binding to hemoglobin in red blood cells?Note: hemoglobin contains iron ions.
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Answer 1

Oxygen needs 2 electrons in its outer shell to make it have 8 ( it is in group 6A or 16 and has an oxidation number of -2 so it has 6 electrons in its outer shell). In nature this condition is so volatile that it exists as a diatomic molecule (2 atoms of the same element bonded together-H2,O2,F2,Br2,I2,N2 and Cl2) in order to make it more stable( fill the outer shell) Since oxygen gas is in the O2 state, it is more stable(less reactive since its outer shell is full) than Carbon monoxide, CO-. The negative indicates that carbon monoxide can still add another atom to make the molecule stable. Since this molecule is so reactive, it readily binds to other elements that have 1 availiable electron. The iron that hemoglobin is attached to will easily donate 2 or 3 electrons to another element, which is why it is coupled with the hemoglobin protein to move oxygen around the body. However, because carbon monoxide has an oxygen molecule that needs an electron, the iron in the blood will also bond to this oxygen as well, very easily. Therefore the iron is no longer attached to the hemoglobin picking up the more stable O2, but instead creating Iron oxide in the blood. This disattachment compromises the structure of the blood, causes it to stick together, not to carry oxygen gas efficiently, eventually starving the cells of much needed oxygen to carry out respiraton, therefore causing suffocation and death. There for the competition is in the increased reactivity of Carbon monoxide compared to Oxygen gas.

Answer 2

Carbon monoxide has a higher binding affinity for hemoglobin than oxygen does. That means, CO will bind hemoglobin more readily and more tightly that oxygen. So, when confronted with oxygen and CO, hemoglobin will bind to the CO more often than to the oxygen.
Also, CO does not let go of hemoglobin as readily as oxygen does. This prevents subsequent oxygen molecules from binding to the hemoglobin. And, as you can imagine, this is really not helpful for cells trying to get oxygen to the rest of the body.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

~It's like with Popeye. Carbon monoxide eats its spinach.

Answer 5

I'm guessing us biologists could help you with that, but that's more like chemical bonds, so chemistry experts should have a better explanation.