First structural characterization of a covalently bonded porphyrin-carborane system

M. G.H. Vicente, University of California, Davis
D. J. Nurco, University of California, Davis
S. J. Shetty, University of California, Davis
C. J. Medforth, University of California, Davis
K. M. Smith, University of California, Davis

Abstract

The first definitive crystal structure of a covalently bonded carborane-porphyrin system is reported; unusual inter- and intra-molecular carborane-porphyrin interactions are observed in the molecular structure and in variable temperature 1H NMR experiments.