title: {rac-5-[Meth-oxy(phen-yl)meth-yl]-10,20-diphenyl-porphyrinato}nickel(II).
abstract: The title compound, [Ni(C(40)H(28)N(4)O)], was obtained from a Grignard reaction of the respective formyl-porphyrin to yield {5-[hy-droxy(phen-yl)meth-yl]-10,20-diphenyl-porphyrinato}nickel(II), followed by crystallization from methyl-ene chloride/methanol. The mol-ecule exhibits a ruffled macrocycle with an average deviation of the 24 macrocycle atoms from their least-squares plane (Δ24) of 0.26 Å and an average Ni-N bond length of 1.931 (2) Å. In line with the asymmetrical substituent pattern, the degree of distortion is slightly larger at point of attachment of the meth-oxy(phen-yl)methyl residue than at the unsubstituted meso position. The meth-oxy group attached to the chiral C atom is disordered in a 0.534 (4):0.466 (4) ratio.
authors.affiliation: SFI Tetrapyrrole Laboratory, School of Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland.
authors.forename: Mathias O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Senge
authors.forename: Katja
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dahms