Ground- and excited-state reactivity of iron porphyrinogens

Julien Bachmann; Justin M Hodgkiss; Elizabeth R Young; Daniel G Nocera

doi:10.1021/ic0616636

Ground- and excited-state reactivity of iron porphyrinogens

Inorg Chem. 2007 Feb 5;46(3):607-9. doi: 10.1021/ic0616636.

Authors

Julien Bachmann¹, Justin M Hodgkiss, Elizabeth R Young, Daniel G Nocera

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, 6-335, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307, USA.

PMID: 17256999
DOI: 10.1021/ic0616636

Abstract

The iron(II) porphyrinogen dication, [LDeltaDeltaFeII]2+, is a multielectron oxidant featuring the metal center in its reduced state and the ligand as the redox reservoir. Oxidations break the ligand's redox-active C-C bonds. Extremely short-lived excited states are consistent with extensive structural reorganization that accompanies charge-transfer excitation of the porphyrinogen.