Low-valent molybdenum porphyrin derivatives: synthesis and X-ray crystal structures of dinitrosyl- and methanol(nitrosyl)-meso-tetra-p-tolylporphyrinatomolydenum(II) benzene solvates

Abstract

Reduction by zinc amalgam of dichloromolybdenum meso-tetra-p-tolylporphyrin [Mo(ttp)Cl2] under NO leads to two low-valent nitrosyl molybdenum porphyrin derivatives Mo(ttp)(NO)2·C6H6 and Mo(NO)(MeOH)·2C6H6; the molecular structures of both compounds were established by X-ray diffraction.