Metal complexes with tetrapyrrole ligands: Part LXXVII. New osmium complexes of the 5,10,15,20-tetrakis-(4-carboxyphenyl) porphyrin
Abstract
The synthesis and characterization of new alkali-soluble osmium tetraphenylporphyrinates, complexes of the 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-carboxyphenyl)porphyrin Os(tH4cpp)L2 and Os(tH4cpp)LL' (2a–j), is described. 2a–j are obtained from the corresponding new osmium porphyrinates Os(tmecpp)L2 and Os(tmecpp)LL'(1a–k) by alkaline saponification and precipitation with hydrochloric acid. In fact, the osmium(II) porphyrinates 2c–f as well as 2i–j are oxidized to the osmium(III) porphyrinates Os(tH3cpp)L2(3c–f) and Os(tH3cpp)LL'(3i–j) in the presence of air, as confirmed by UV-vis spectroscopy.
Part LXXVI: Ref. [1].
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