The first structurally characterized alkali metal porphyrin: 7Li NMR behaviour and X-ray crystal structure of the dilithium salt of octaethylporphyrin(2–)
Abstract
Reaction of H2oep (oep = dianion of octaethylporphyrin) with two equivalents of LiN(SiMe3)2 in tetrahydrofuran (thf) yields the dilithium salt [Li(thf)4][Li(oep)], characterized in the solid state by X-ray crystallography; in solution, 7Li NMR and conductivity measurements show a more complex, solvent-dependent structure consistent with either solvent-separated or contact ion pairs depending on the nature of the solvent.