Copper(II) complexes of a novel pyrazole containing porphyrinogen and cobalt(III) and zinc(II) complexes of apyrazole containing tripodal ligand having N-donor atoms have been investigated. 5-Methyl-3-formylpyrazole (MPA)on reaction with copper(II) nitrate or perchlorate in the presence of tris(2-aminoethyl)amine (tren) forms novelpyrazole-based porphyrinogen complexes [Cu(T
3-porphyrinogen)(H
2O)](NO
3)
2 (
1a) and [Cu(T
3-porphyrinogen)(H
2O)](ClO
4)
2 (
1b) where T
3-porphyrinogen is 1,6,11,16-tetraaza-5,10,15,20-tetrahydroxy-2,7,12,17-tetramethylporphyrinogen.The same products are also obtained when tren is replaced by triethylamine. By contrast, the reaction betweenMPA, tren, and cobalt(II) perchlorate produces the cobalt(III) complex [Co(HMPz
3tren)]ClO
4 (
2) derived from thetripodal Schiff base tris[4-(3-(5-methyl-pyrazolyl)-3-aza-3-butenyl]amine (H
3MPz
3tren). The X-ray crystal structuresof the copper(II) complexes (
1a and
1b) and the cobalt(III) complex (
2) have been determined. The structuresshow distorted square pyramidal coordination environments for
1a and
1b with the water molecule occupying theapical site, while for complex
2 a distorted octahedral geometry is obtained. Data for
1a follow:
a = 19.476(3) Å,
b = 9.4116(8) Å,
c = 14.204(3) Å;
= 90
=
,
= 107.58(2)
;
V = 2482.0(7) Å
3,
Z = 4. Data for
1b follow:
a = 20.967(3) Å,
b = 9.1563(18) Å,
c = 14.858(4) Å;
= 90
=
,
= 108.44(3)
;
V = 2706.0(10) Å
3,
Z =4. Data for
2 follow:
a = 21.293(3) Å,
b = 12.724(2) Å,
c = 19.777(4) Å;
= 90
=
,
= 93.03(2)
;
V =5350.6(15) Å
3,
Z = 8. All three complexes crystallize in the monoclinic crystal system with the
C2/
c space group.The complexes are further characterized by UV-vis, IR, EPR, and electrochemical studies.