title: Interaction of Derivatized Capped Iron(II) Porphyrin Complexes with CO and O(2).
abstract: A series of porphyrins strapped and capped by benzene and amidobenzene rings have been prepared. O(2) and CO bindings to their iron(II) complexes have been examined, and the role of hydrogen-bonding in stabilizing O(2) binding has been measured. Each comparison between the benzene ring (no H-bonding) and the amidobenzene ring analogues showed a free energy gain of approximately 1 kcal/mol (at -45 degrees C) for the amidobenzene derivatives. An X-ray structure analysis was carried out for the ferric (Cl(-)) complex of the benzene-capped porphyrin strapped by two butyl side chains. The crystals were monoclinic, with a = 10.557(3) Å, b = 31.290(5) Å, c = 11.221(3) Å, beta = 104.62(2) degrees, Z = 4, and space group P2(1)/n. The structure was solved by the Patterson method and was refined by full-matrix least-squares procedures to R = 0.040 (R(w) = 0.041) for 3844 reflections with I >/= 3sigma(F(2)).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, Canada V6T 1Z1.
authors.forename: Hang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dolphin