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<sup>•</sup>NO<sub>2</sub>-Mediated<i>meso</i>-Hydroxylation of Iron(III) Porphyrin

DOI

40

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0

References

2009

Year

G. J. Abhilash, Jagannath Bhuyan, Pinky Singh, Suman Maji, Kuntal Pal, Sabyasachi Sarkar
Inorganic Chemistry

Abstract

(*)NO(2) generated from (*)NO and air add to iron(III) porphyrin upon nitration, which isomerized spontaneously to hydrolysis, yielding a meso-hydroxylated cation that seized by the end oxidation product, a nitrate ion, through extensive hydrogen bonding.