Evidence that gold(III) porphyrins are not electrochemically inert: facile generation of gold(II) 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(3,5-di-tert-butylphenyl)porphyrin

Karl M Kadish; E Wenbo; Zhongping Ou; Jianguo Shao; Paul J Sintic; Kei Ohkubo; Shunichi Fukuzumi; Maxwell J Crossley

doi:10.1039/b109795d

Evidence that gold(III) porphyrins are not electrochemically inert: facile generation of gold(II) 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(3,5-di-tert-butylphenyl)porphyrin

Chem Commun (Camb). 2002 Feb 21:(4):356-7. doi: 10.1039/b109795d.

Authors

Karl M Kadish¹, E Wenbo, Zhongping Ou, Jianguo Shao, Paul J Sintic, Kei Ohkubo, Shunichi Fukuzumi, Maxwell J Crossley

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, TX 77204-5003, USA.

PMID: 12120072
DOI: 10.1039/b109795d

Abstract

Gold(III) porphyrin 1 is shown to undergo reduction at the central metal ion to give the first known gold(II) porphyrin overturning the long held assumption that reduction of such complexes only occurs at the macrocycle.