title: Rates of pi-electron oxidation and reduction of free base and Zn(II) porphyrins, chlorins, and isobacteriochlorins.
abstract: The rates of pi-electron oxidation and reduction of two homologous series of free base and Zn(II) porphyrins, chlorins, and isobacteriochlorins were studied by chronocoulometry at a platinum disk electrode. The macrocycles were octaethylporphyrin, tetraphenylporphyrin, and the chlorins and isobacteriochlorins derived therefrom. The rates were found to vary to within a factor of 3, and some consistent trends are noted. However, the most important conclusion of this work is that pi-electron redox processes for these macrocycles occur at essentially the same rate, despite the previously noted large differences in pi-electron redox potentials.
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria; D004583:Electrons; D007700:Kinetics; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011166:Porphyrins; D015032:Zinc
chemical_list: D011166:Porphyrins; C006969:chlorin; D015032:Zinc