We present here the synthesis, characterization, and flash photolysis study of [(F
8TPP)Fe
II(CO)(THF)] (
1) {F
8TPP= tetrakis(2,6-difluorophenyl)porphyrinate(2-)}. Complex
1 crystallizes from THF/heptane solvent system as atris-THF solvate, [(F
8TPP)Fe
II(CO)(THF)]·3THF (
1·3THF), with ferrous ion in the porphyrin plane (C
61H
52F
8FeN
4O
5;
a = 11.7908(2) Å,
b = 20.4453(2) Å,
c = 39.9423(3),
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= 90
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,
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= 90
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,
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= 90
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; orthorhombic,
P2
12
12
1,
Z =8; Fe-N
4(av) = 2.00 Å; N-Fe-N (all) = 90.0
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). This complex (as
1·THF) has also been characterized by
1H NMR{six-coordinate, low-spin heme; CD
3CN, RT,
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8.82 (s, pyrrole-H, 8H), 7.89 (s,
para-phenyl-H, 8H), 7.46 (s,
meta-phenyl-H, 4H), 3.58 (s, THF, 8H), 1.73 (s, THF, 8H)},
2H NMR (pyrrole-deuterated analogue) [(F
8TPP-
d8)Fe
II(CO)(THF)] {THF, RT,
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8.78 ppm (s, pyrrole-D)},
13C NMR (on
13CO-enriched adduct) {THF-
d8, RT,
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206.5 ppm;CD
2Cl
2, RT,
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206.1 ppm}, UV-vis {THF, RT,
max, 411 (Soret), 525 nm}, and IR {293 K, solution,
CO 1979cm
-1 (THF), 1976 cm
-1 (acetone), 1982 cm
-1 (CH
3CN)} spectroscopies. In order to more fully understand theintricacies of solvent-ligand binding (as compared to CO rebinding to the photolyzed heme), we have also synthesizedthe bis-THF adduct [(F
8TPP)Fe
II(THF)
2]. Complex
2 also crystallizes from THF/heptane solvent system as a bis-THF solvate, [(F
8TPP)Fe
II(THF)
2]·2THF (
2·2THF), with ferrous iron in the porphyrin plane (C
60H
52F
8FeN
4O
4;
a =21.3216(3) Å,
b = 12.1191(2) Å,
c = 21.0125(2) Å,
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= 90
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,
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= 105.
3658(5)
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,
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= 90
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; monoclinic,
C2/
c,
Z= 4; Fe-N
4(av) = 2.07 Å; N-Fe-N (all) = 90.0
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). Further characterization of
2 includes UV-vis {THF,
max, 421(Soret), 542 nm} and
1H NMR {six-coordinate, high spin heme; THF-
d8, RT,
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56.7 (s, pyrrole-H, 8H), 8.38 (s,
para-phenyl-H, 8H), 7.15 (s,
meta-phenyl-H, 4H)} spectroscopies. Flash photolysis studies employing
1 were ableto resolve the CO rebinding kinetics in both THF and cyclohexane solvents. In CO saturated THF {[CO] ~ 5 mM}and at [
1]
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5
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M, the conversion of [(F
8TPP)Fe
II(THF)
2] (produced after photolytic displacement of CO) to [(F
8TPP)Fe
II(CO)(THF)] was monoexponential, with
kobs = 1.6 (±0.2) × 10
4 s
-1. Reduction in [CO] by vigorous Arpurging gave
kobs ![](/images/entities/cong.gif)
10
3 s
-1 in cyclohexane. The study presented in this report lays the foundation for applyingfast-time scale studies based on CO flash photolysis to the more complicated heterobimetallic heme/Cu systems.