THE 4-ELECTRON OXIDATION OF MESO-OCTAETHYLPORPHYRINOGEN VIA A METAL-MEDIATED DEALKYLATION PROCESS - FORMATION OF [RUL(PHCN)2] [H2L = 5,15-DIHYDRO-5,5,10,15,15,20-HEXAETHYLPORPHYRIN]
U. Piarulli et al., THE 4-ELECTRON OXIDATION OF MESO-OCTAETHYLPORPHYRINOGEN VIA A METAL-MEDIATED DEALKYLATION PROCESS - FORMATION OF [RUL(PHCN)2] [H2L = 5,15-DIHYDRO-5,5,10,15,15,20-HEXAETHYLPORPHYRIN], Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (7), 1994, pp. 895-896
A four-electron oxidation of meso-octaethylporphyrinogen (H4L') involv
ing the dealkylation of two meso carbons has been observed in the reac
tion between [Ru(Cl)2(PhCN)4] and [Li4L'(THF)4] leading to [RuL(PhCN)2
] which contains two hemiporphyrin fragments joined by two sp3 carbons
, as shown by an X-ray analysis.