Synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of super-stable rhenium(V)porphyrins

The preparation of rhenium(V) porphyrin complexes {μ-oxo-bis[(oxo)(5,10,15,20-tetraphenyl-21H,23H-porphinato)rhenium(V)] [OReTPP]2O (1), (oxo)(phenoxo)(2,3,7,8,12,13,17,18-octaethyl-5-monophenyl-21H,23H-porphinato)rhenium(V) ORe(PhO)MPOEP (2), (cloro)(oxo)(2,3,7,8,12,13,17,18-octaethyl-5,15-diphenyl-21H,23H-porphinato)rhenium(V) ORe(Cl)5,15DPOEP (4), and (oxo)(phenoxo)(2,3,7,8,12,13,17,18-octaethyl-21H,23H-porphinato)rhenium(V) ORe(PhO)OEP (5)} by the interaction of H2ReCl6 with corresponding porphyrin in boiling phenol is described. (Cloro)(oxo)(2,3,7,8,12,13,17,18-octaethyl-5-monophenyl-21H,23H-porphinato)rhenium(V) ORe(Cl)MPOEP (3) and (oxo)(chloro)(2,3,7,8,12,13,17,18-octaethyl-21H,23H-porphinato)rhenium(V) ORe(Cl)OEP (6) have been prepared by the reaction of axial-ligand substitution from (2) and (5), respectively. Compounds (2–4) were newly synthesized. Characterization of the compounds (1–6) reported herein was made mainly by UV–Visible, IR, 1Н NMR, 1H1H 2D COSY, 1H1H 2D DOSY, 1H1H 2D ROESY, 1H1H 2D TOCSY spectroscopic techniques and elemental analysis. The stability of the complexes in solutions when exposed to strong acids at the presence of atmospheric oxygen has been estimated. Compounds (2–4) and (6) show them super-stable since they do not undergo dissociation along MN bonds in concentrated H2SO4 under heating up to 363 K. Compounds (3) and (4) undergo one-electron oxidation to form stable π-cation radicals ORe ( HSO 4 ) P + under these conditions. The products of the reaction between all studied porphyrins and concentrated H2SO4 were isolated in CHCl3 by reprecipitation onto ice and proved to be rhenium(V) complexes ORe(HSO4)P.