Porphyrin complexes, oxidation-reduction

The porphyrin ligand can support oxidation states of iron other than II and III. [Fe(I)Por] complexes are obtained by electrochemical or chemical reduction of iron(II) or iron(III) porphyrins. The anionic complexes react with alkyl hahdes to afford alkyl—iron (III) porphyrin complexes. Iron(IV) porphyrins are formally present in the carbene, RR C—Fe(IV)Por p.-carbido, PorFe(IV)—Fe(IV)Por nitrene, RN—Fe(IV)Por and p.-nittido, PorFe(IV)... 

The first reported porphyrin complexes of platinum(IV) date from 1980 and were obtained by hydrogen peroxide oxidation of platinum(II) porphyrin complexes in an acidic medium (HC1).479 Since then oxidation of platinum(II) complexes of other porphyrins has been achieved by the same method,480 and by chlorine,481 or bromine482 oxidation. Reaction with iodine did not lead to oxidation and treatment of platinum(IV) porphyrin complexes with iodide resulted in reduction to platinum(II). 

Porphyrin complexes are particularly suitable cores to construct dendrimers and to investigate how the behavior of an electroactive species is modified when surrounded by dendritic branches. In particular, dendritic porphyrins can be regarded as models for electron-transfer proteins like cytochrome c [42, 43]. Electrochemical investigation on Zn-porphyrins bearing polyether-amide branches has shown that the first reduction and oxidation processes are affected by the electron-rich microenvironment created by the dendritic branches [42]. Furthermore, for the third generation compound all the observed processes become irreversible. 

Oxidation reactions are not limited to those that occur at a carbon centre. The perfluorinated Ni(F-acac)2-benzene-CgFi7Br system described above was also active for the oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides and sulfones [28], A sacrificial aldehyde is required as co-reductant, but the reaction may be tuned by changing the quantity of this aldehyde. If 1.6 equivalents of aldehyde are used, the sulfoxide is obtained, whereas higher quantities (5 equivalents) lead to sulfones. Fluorous-soluble transition metal porphyrin complexes also catalyse the oxidation of sulfides in the presence of oxygen and 2,2-dimethylpropanal [29],... 

One example of a tin porphycene has been reported, but as yet no organometallic derivatives have been reported." A small number of tin corrole complexes are known including one organotin example, Sn(OEC)Ph, prepared from the reaction of Sn(OEC)Cl with PhMgBr. A crystal structure of Sn(OEC)Ph shows it to have both shorter Sn—N and Sn—C bonds than Sn(TPP)Ph2, with the tin atom displaced 0.722 A above the N4 plane of the domed macrocycle (Fig. 6). The complex undergoes reversible one-electron electrochemical oxidation and reduction at the corrole ring, and also two further ring oxidations which have no counterpart in tin porphyrin complexes. " " ... 

Ubiquinone is readily reduced to ubiquinol, a process requiring two protons and two electrons similarly, ubiquinol is readily oxidized back to ubiquinone. This redox process is important in oxidative phosphorylation, in that it links hydrogen transfer to electron transfer. The cytochromes are haem-containing proteins (see Box 11.4). As we have seen, haem is an iron-porphyrin complex. Alternate oxidation-reduction of the iron between Fe + (reduced form) and Fe + (oxidized form) in the various cytochromes is responsible for the latter part of the electron transport chain. The individual cytochromes vary structurally, and their classification... 

The bis-hydroxylamine adduct [Fe (tpp)(NH20H)2] is stable at low temperatures, but decomposes to [Fe(tpp)(NO)] at room temperature. [Fe(porphyrin)(NO)] complexes can undergo one-and two-electron reduction the nature of the one-electron reduction product has been established by visible and resonance Raman spectroscopy. Reduction of [Fe(porphyrin)(NO)] complexes in the presence of phenols provides model systems for nitrite reductase conversion of coordinated nitrosyl to ammonia (assimilatory nitrite reduction), while further relevant information is available from the chemistry of [Fe (porphyrin)(N03)]. Iron porphyrin complexes with up to eight nitro substituents have been prepared and shown to catalyze oxidation of hydrocarbons by hydrogen peroxide and the hydroxylation of alkoxybenzenes. ... 

A number of bis(arylamido)- and bis(diarylamido)ruthenium(IV) porphyrin complexes have been reported. In general, these complexes can be prepared by the reduction of [Ru(0)2(por)] with corresponding aromatic amines or by the oxidative deprotonation of [Ru (por)(ArNH2)2], as shown in Scheme 18. 

A number of /.t-oxo-osmium(IV) porphyrin complexes have been prepared by aerial oxidation of [Os OEP)(CO)(MeOH)] in the presence 2,3-dimethylindole in CH2Cl2. " Cyclic voltammetric studies show that [0s2(0)(0EP)2(0Me)2] can undergo reduction to give an Os —O—Os dimer. The X-ray crystal structure of [0s(0EP)(0Me)]2( -0) shows a linear Os—O—Os backbone with Os—O and Os—OCH3 distances of 1.808 A and 1.997 A, respectively. 

Kinetics and mechanisms of oxidation of amines by Ru porphyrin complexes (particularly TMP species) have been reviewed [42]. rranx-Ru(0)2(TMP)/02/ CgHg/50°C/24h oxidised primary and secondary amines in the oxidation of ben-zylamine frani-Ru(NHj)jCHjPh)2(TMP) was isolated and characterised crystallo-graphically. A mechanism involving a two-electron oxidation of benzylamine to A-benzylideneamine by tra i-Ru(0)2(TMP) was proposed with concomitant reduction of the latter to Ru (0)(TMP). This disproportionates to tranx-Ru "(0)2(TMP) and Ru"(TMP) the latter regenerates Ru" (0)(TMP) with O, while the second two-electron oxidation of the imine to the aldehyde is effected by tranx-Ru(0)2(TMP) [597], (Table 5.1) [598]. 

The porphyrin complexes of ruthenium and osmium display a rich oxidation-reduction chemistry. Oxidation states +2, +3 +4, and + 6 are well documented. The scope of states that can be realised at the metal is restricted by the fact that the tetrapyrrole ligands (P)2 themselves can be oxidized or reduced to radicals (P )-1 or (P )-3, respectively, at potentials about + 0.7 or - 2.0 V. 

A chromophore such as the quinone, ruthenium complex, C(,o. or viologen is covalently introduced at the terminal of the heme-propionate side chain(s) (94-97). For example, Hamachi et al. (98) appended Ru2+(bpy)3 (bpy = 2,2 -bipyridine) at one of the terminals of the heme-propionate (Fig. 26) and monitored the photoinduced electron transfer from the photoexcited ruthenium complex to the heme-iron in the protein. The reduction of the heme-iron was monitored by the formation of oxyferrous species under aerobic conditions, while the Ru(III) complex was reductively quenched by EDTA as a sacrificial reagent. In addition, when [Co(NH3)5Cl]2+ was added to the system instead of EDTA, the photoexcited ruthenium complex was oxidatively quenched by the cobalt complex, and then one electron is abstracted from the heme-iron(III) to reduce the ruthenium complex (99). As a result, the oxoferryl species was detected due to the deprotonation of the hydroxyiron(III)-porphyrin cation radical species. An extension of this work was the assembly of the Ru2+(bpy)3 complex with a catenane moiety including the cyclic bis(viologen)(100). In the supramolecular system, vectorial electron transfer was achieved with a long-lived charge separation species (f > 2 ms). 

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