N-Confused porphyrins: Complexation and¹H NMR studies

Abstract

© 2017 The Royal Society of Chemistry and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. The complexation of 2-aza-21-carba-tetraphenylporphyrin and 2-aza-2-methyl-5,10,15,20-tetraphenyl-21-carbaporphyrin with nickel and zinc acetates in organic solvents has been investigated by UV-Vis spectroscopy and 1 H NMR. It has been shown that the enhanced reactivity of these tetrapyrrolic macrocycles is mainly determined by their ability to exist in different tautomeric forms.