title: Molar absorption coefficients of porphyrin esters in chloroform determined by copper titration.
abstract: Chromatographically pure porphyrin esters free from metalloporphyrins were titrated with Cu2+ to determine the molar amount of porphyrin present. The end point of the titration was defined by a t.l.c. method detecting traces of metal-free porphyrin ester in admxture to its copper complex. From spectrometric measurement at the Soret maximum and the molar amounts found by the titration, epsilonM was calculated for proto-, copro-, penta-, hexa- and hepta-carboxylic and uro-porphyrin permethyl esters. The values for uroporphyrin showed perfect agreement with those of previous workers, whereas those for coproporphyrin were about 5% lower and those for protoporphyrin more than 20% lower. The implications of the findings are discussed. Determinations of epsilonM of some higher esters (ethyl to pentyl) and some partial methyl esters with one carboxyl group free are also presented.
mesh_terms: D002725:Chloroform; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D003300:Copper; D004952:Esters; D011166:Porphyrins / Q000032:analysis*; D013053:Spectrophotometry
chemical_list: D004952:Esters; D011166:Porphyrins; D003300:Copper; D002725:Chloroform