Crystal and Molecular Structures of Octaethylporphinium(monocation) Triiodide and Its Benzene Hemisolvate

Abstract
The structure of the triclinic form of octaethylporphinium (monocation) triiodide was determined by X-ray analysis. The structure of the previously determined orthorhombic form was refined using diffractometer data. The final R values for the triclinic and the orthorhombic forms were 0.060 and 0.069, respectively. The present analysis has established the inherent structure of porphyrin monocations; three pyrrole rings are coplanar and the plane of the fourth ring is tilted from the mean plane of the other three. The magnitude of the tilt angle is 12.5° for the triclinic form and 16.1° for the orthorhombic form.

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