Serendipitous synthesis of a novel cobalt(III) porphyrin phosphoryl complex
Abstract
A novel complex [bis(dimethylamino)phosphoryl](5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphyrinato)cobalt(III) 1 is synthesized serendipitously by the reaction of [CoIII(tpp)Br] with Me3SiLi (MeLi–Si2Me6–HMPA) at –78 °C in thf and its structure is characterized by a single-crystal X-ray study.