title: Octaethylporphyrin and expanded porphyrin complexes containing coordinated BF2 groups.
abstract: In contrast to octaethylporphyrin, which forms a very labile bis-BF(2) complex, treatment of the hexa- and octapyrrolic expanded porphyrins amethyrin and [32]octaphyrin with BF(3).Et(2) under standard reaction and work-up conditions gives rise to stable, non-labile mono- and bis-BF(2) complexes; these were readily characterised by, inter alia, X-ray diffraction analyses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Univesrity of Texas at Austin, 78712-0165, USA.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Köhler
authors.forename: Michael C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Hodgson
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Seidel
authors.forename: Jacqueline M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Veauthier
authors.forename: Sylvie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lynch
authors.forename: Peter D W
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Boyd
authors.forename: Penelope J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Brothers
authors.forename: Jonathan L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Sessler
mesh_terms: D001896:Boron Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D011166:Porphyrins / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D001896:Boron Compounds; D011166:Porphyrins; C488938:octaethylporphyrin