title: Superimposed saddle and ruffled distortions of the porphyrin in iodo(pyridine-N)(5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphyrinato-kappa(4)N)rhodium(III) toluene solvate.
abstract: In the title compound, [RhI(C(44)H(28)N(4))(C(5)H(5)N)].C(7)H(8), the porphyrin ring experiences significant distortion from planarity (a saddle conformation with a superimposed ruffling), as a result of steric interactions with the 2,6-H atoms of the axial pyridine ligand. This also leads to a slight lengthening of the Rh-pyridine bond [Rh-N 2.102 (7) A] relative to those seen in other pyridine adducts of six-coordinate Rh(III). The metric parameters of the porphyrin core are comparable with those of related metalloporphyrin derivatives. No significant intermolecular interactions are observed between the metalloporphyrin and disordered solvate species.
authors: Centre for Structural Biology, Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand. g.b.jameson@massey.ac.nz
authors: G B
authors: GB
authors: Jameson
authors: J P
authors: JP
authors: Collman
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Boulatov