Unusual metalloporphyrins. Structure of the product from the reaction of dodecacarbonylruthenium with meso-tetraphenylporphine: ‘dicarbonyltetraphenylporphinatoruthenium(II)’

Abstract

The product of a reaction of Ru₃(CO)₁₂ and meso-tetraphenylporphine, previously believed to be an ethanol adduct of a monocarbonyl derivative of ruthenium(II) tetraphenylporphine, has been found by a single crystal X-ray analysis to be a centrosymmetrical octahedral complex of dicarbonyltetraphenylporphinatoruthenium (II).