Lm. Berreau et al., SYNTHESIS OF EARLY TRANSITION-METAL PORPHYRIN HALIDE-COMPLEXES - FIRST STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF A VANADIUM(III) PORPHYRIN COMPLEX, Inorganic chemistry, 33(1), 1994, pp. 105-108
A general method for the preparation of early transition metal porphyr
in halide complexes using a porphyrin dianion, (THF)(2)Li-2(POR) (POR=
OEP, TTP;OEP=octaethylporphyrinato, TTP=meso-tetra-p-tolylporphyrinato
), and the appropriate metal halide complex, MX(n) (MX(n) VCl3(THF)(3)
, TiCl4(THF)(2), TiCl3(THF)(3), MoCl4(CH3CN)(2), WCl4), is described.
The structure of (TTP)(VCl)-Cl-III.THF (2.THF) has been determined by
single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. Complex 2.THF crystallizes
in the centrosymmetric space group P2(1)/m with alpha=11.968(2) Angstr
om, b=17.072(3) Angstrom, c=12.649(2) Angstrom, beta=98.62(2)degrees,
V=2555.2(8) Angstrom(3), Z=2, R=4.6%, and R(w)=6.7%. The V-Cl bond len
gth is 2.272(1) Angstrom, the V-N bond lengths range from 2.040(4) to
2.050(3) Angstrom, and the V-O bond distance is 2.141(3) Angstrom .