The crystal structure of the compound meso,meso′ ethylenebis[octaethylporphyrinatonickel(II)]

Abstract

Crystals of the title compound as its chloroform solvate are triclinic, space group P, with a= 11.056(2), b= 11.595(2), c= 15.112(3)Å, α= 75.48(2), β= 78.81 (3), γ= 80.58(2)°, and Z= 1. The structure has been refined to R= 0.101 for 2 252 reflections. The molecule has crystallographic symmetry with parallel porphyrin rings. One methyl group from each ring lies almost directly under the edge of the other ring.