Porphyrin complex, formation

The complex [Ag(NH=CMe2)2]+, together with related species, have IR bands from vC=N at 1662 cm-1, and vNH at 3294 cm-1.254 SERS data for 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(l -decylpyridinium-4-yl)-21H,23-porphin tetrabromide on silver hydrosols gave evidence for silver porphyrin complex formation.255... 

Porphyrins, complex formation with metal ions 84PIA(C)767. Porphyrins, complexes 80UK2389. 

Scheme 3. The first example of oxo-ferryl porphyrin complex formation.

Macrocyclic effect and specific character of complex formation with porphyrins 97MI8. 

Oganova et a/. observed that certain cobalt (II) porphyrin complexes reversibly inhibit BA polymerization presumably with formation of a cobalt (111) intermediate as shown in Scheme 9.27. Thus, it seemed reasonable to propose these species may function as initiators in living radical polymerization.250 259... 

Figure 8.8 Reduction of carbon dioxide with formate dehydrogenase and porphyrin complex using light energy [6h].

The spontaneous and occasional regreening of certain green plants during storage was first noticed more than 50 years ago. The pigmentation related to the original color was assumed to arise from a stable complex formation between the porphyrin... 

Square-planar zinc compounds predominate with these ligand types as would be predicted. This is in contrast to the prevalence of tetrahedral or distorted tetrahedral geometries for four-coordinate species that have been discussed thus far. Zinc porphyrin complexes are frequently used as building blocks in the formation of supramolecular structures. Zinc porphyrins can also act as electron donors and antenna in the formation of photoexcited states. Although the coordination of zinc to the porphyrin shows little variation, the properties of the zinc-coordinated compounds are extremely important and form the most extensively structurally characterized multidentate ligand class in the CSD. The examples presented here reflect only a fraction of these compounds but have been selected as recent and representative examples. Expanded ring porphyrins have also... 

It will not be lost on the reader that, while PHOTOFRIN and compounds (3), (5) and (6) contain no metal, they would be expected to be excellent ligands. Are metal complexes useful as PDT photosensitizers Indeed, they are, and may be expected in the future to become more important. The rest of this chapter is about this aspect it will emphasize metal complex formation and properties in relation to PDT. The synthesis of ligands, while of crucial importance, will not usually be treated here in detail, but leading references to relevant synthetic organic chemistry will be provided. The synthesis of porphyrins and related compounds has been considered in several monographs and reviews (porphyrins,46 47 phthalocyanines48). 

The need for multiple desolvation of the metal ion in some systems may provide a barrier to complex formation which is reflected by lower formation rates - especially for inflexible macrocycles such as the porphyrins. Because of the high energies involved, multiple desolvation will be unlikely to occur before metal-ion insertion occurs rather, for flexible ligands, solvent loss will follow a stepwise pattern reflecting the successive binding of the donor atoms. However, because of the additional constraints in cyclic systems (relative to open-chain ones), there may be no alternative to simultaneous (multiple) desolvation during the coordination process. 

Ni2+ was very popular in the early days of the investigation of mechanisms of complex formation, since the time-scale for its reactions with simple ligands was so convenient for the then recently developed stopped-flow technique. However, interest has now moved on to other first-row cations, especially to Cu2+. A review of the kinetics and mechanisms of formation of tetraazamacrocyclic complexes concentrates on Ni2+ and Cu2+, and their reactions with cyclam and similar ligands (267). The tetra(4 -sulfonatophenyl)porphyrin complexes of Ni2+ and of Cu2+ react immeasurably slowly with cyanide, but their IV-methyl derivatives do react, albeit extremely slowly. The relevant time scales are hours for removal of Ni2+, months for the removal of Cu2+, by 10-4 M cyanide at pH 7.4 (268). 

Rate constants for complex formation between Mn2+, Co2+, Ni2+, Cu2+ and Zn2+ and 5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphyrin in acetonitrile correlate with rate constants for acetonitrile exchange at these cations, though of course the reactions with the porphyrins are much (104 to 106 times) slower than the corresponding rates of solvent exchange (269). 

The preparation of cyclopropanes by intermolecular cyclopropanation with acceptor-substituted carbene complexes is one of the most important C-C-bond-forming reactions. Several reviews [995,1072-1074,1076,1077,1081] and monographs have appeared. In recent decades chemists have focused on stereoselective intermolecular cyclopropanations, and several useful catalyst have been developed for this purpose. Complexes which catalyze intermolecular cyclopropanations with high enantiose-lectivity include copper complexes [1025,1026,1028,1029,1031,1373,1398-1400], cobalt complexes [1033-1035], ruthenium porphyrin complexes [1041,1042,1230], C2-symmetric ruthenium complexes [948,1044,1045], and different types of rhodium complexes [955,998,999,1002-1004,1010,1062,1353,1401-1405], Particularly efficient catalysts for intermolecular cyclopropanation are C2-symmetric cop-per(I) complexes, as those shown in Figure 4.20. These complexes enable the formation of enantiomerically enriched cyclopropanes with enantiomeric excesses greater than 99%. Illustrative examples of intermolecular cyclopropanations are listed in Table 4.24. 

An associative mechanism is supported, consistent with a low-spin d configuration. Other ligands such as arsenite reduce Ag(OH>4 in a rapid second-order reaction. It is uncertain whether it occurs via complex formation. Silver(III) macrocycles including porphyrin complexes have been characterized. 

The formation of circular or linear forms seems to depend on balances between kinetic and thermodynamic control iron(II)-poly-2,2 -diimine systems with their substitutionally inert metal centers provide useful systems for disentangling thermodynamic and kinetic contributions. The mechanism of formation of circular helicates is believed to entail a kinetically favored triple helicate intermediate. Self-assembly of chiral dinuclear binaphthol-linked iron(III) porphyrin complexes into extended polynuclear species takes place through the intermediacy of fi-oxo dimers. Predetermined //-oxo-di-iron-dimers may be used in this type of synthesis. 

---