title: A water-soluble iridium(III) porphyrin.
abstract: This work reports the synthesis and characterization of the first water-soluble iridium porphyrin, iridium(iii) diaqua porphyrin [Ir(III)(TSPP)(OH(2))(2)](3-) (1, TSPP = tetra-p-sulfonatophenyl porphyrin). The structure of 1 was unequivocally determined by single crystal X-ray analysis. Benzo-18-crown-6-ether is essential for producing single crystals suitable for X-ray analysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Moto-oka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.
authors.forename: Hironobu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kanemitsu
authors.forename: Ryosuke
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ogo