D. Scott Bohle, Peter Debrunner, Jeffrey P. Fitzgerald, Bernhard Hansert, Chen-Hsiung Hung and Andrew J. Thomson
In contrast to the nitrosyl derivative of iron(II) octaethylporphyrin [Fe(oep)(NO)], the isostructural octaethyltetraazaporphyrin complex [Fe(oetap)(NO)] exhibits fast ligand-promoted nitric oxide dissociation in the presence of pyridine and N-methylimidazole.