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Synthesis and Characterization of a New Perhalogenated Porphyrin

Shelnutt, John A.

The first synthesis of an octahalotetraalkylporphyrin [2,3,7,8,12,13,17,18 -octabromo-5,10,15,20- tetrakis(trifluoromethyl)porphinato nickel(II)] is reported; this perhalogenated porphyrin has several novel properties including a very nonplanar ruffled structure with an unusually short Ni- N distance, an extremely red-shifted optical spectrum, and hindered rotation of the trifluoromethyl groups ({Delta}G_278K =47 kJ mol^-1).