Photochemistry of Nitrosyl Metalloporphyrins: Mechanisms of the Photoinduced Release and Recombination of NO
摘要:
A series of substituted nitrosylmetalloporphyrins of the type M(NO)(meso-tetra(p-X)phenylporphyrin) (M Co, Mn; X = H, NO2, OMe) were prepared and studied by laser flash photolysis. The kinetics of the recombination reactions between the metalloporphyrins and NO in THF were examined. The recombination mechanism appears to be more complicated than the simple second-order process previously reported. Out-of-plane puckering of the porphyrin ring immediately after denitrosylation is one possible explanation. Kinetic experiments and NO transfer studies between manganese and cobalt porphyrins suggest that these compounds exist in equilibrium with NO in solution. Varying the substituents in the phenyl ring of the tetraphenylporphyrin ligand has little effect on rates of recombination with NO.
A Green Process for Oxidation of p-Nitrotoluene Catalyzed by Metalloporphyrins under Mild Conditions
摘要:
A novel synthetic technology of p-nitrobenzoic acid has been investigated with dioxygen by using metalloporphyrins RTPP-(MCl)-Cl-III (M = Fe, Co, Mn) as biomimetic catalysts. Oxidation of p-nitrotoluene to p-nitrobenzoic acid under 2.0 MPa of O-2 in the presence of a microamount of metalloporphyrins (RTPP-(MCl)-Cl-III) at 55 degrees C was achieved with the highest ( up to 90.4%) yield. Further research results show that the catalytic activities were relative to the nature of the substituted groups and the central metal ions of metalloporphyrins. For the metalloporphyrins with the same center metal ions, the greater the electron-withdrawing degree of groups in the porphyrin ring, the higher the catalytic activities of the metalloporphyrins. The catalytic activities for metalloporphyrins with different center metal ions followed the order RTPPMn Cl-III > RTPP (FeCl)-Cl-III > RTPP (CoCl)-Cl-III.