Dihalide complexes of titanium(IV) tetraphenylporphyrin. Precursors to low-valent titanium porphyrins
Abstract
Reaction of the hydrogen halides HF, HCl, and HBr with oxotitanium(IV)tetraphenylporphyrin gives the corresponding dihalogeno titanium(IV) complexes which show a novel pattern of reduction: the difluoride complex provides the first example of a titanium(IV) porphyrin in which the site of the first reduction is the metal ion rather than the porphyrin ring or the axial ligand.