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. 2025 Jul 14;13:1607585. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2025.1607585

TABLE 5.

Porphyrinato core parameters (Å) for selected Fe(II) and Fe(III) meso-porphyrin complexes.

Complex Fe-Np a Fe-XL b Fe-PC c Fe-PN d Reference
Iron(II) high-spin (S = 2) metalloporphyrins
[FeII(TpivPP)Cl]- 2.1091 (2) 2.2877 (11) 0.57 0.51 This work
[FeII(TpivPP)(N3)]- 2.094 (3) 2.078 (2) 0.52 0.46 Hachem et al. (2009)
[FeII(TpivPP)(OAc)]- 2.107 (2) 2.034 (3) 0.64 0.55 Nasri et al. (1987)
[FeII(TpivPP)(NO3)]- 2.070 (2) 2.069 (4) 0.49 0.42 Nasri et al. (2006)
[FeII(TpivPP)(NCO)]- 2.120 (2) 2.005 (3) 0.68 0.59 Dhifet et al. (2010b)
[FeII(TpivPP)(NCS)]- 2.104 (2) 2.042 (2) 0.59 0.50 Dhifet et al. (2010b)
Iron(II) low-spin (S = 0) metalloporphyrins
[FeII(TpivPP)(NO2)]- 1.970 (4) 1.849 (6) 0.17 0.13 Nasri et al. (2000b)
[FeII(TPP)(CN)2]2- 1,986 (8) 1.878 (1) 0.22 0.13 Li et al. (2008)
Iron(III) high-spin
[FeIII(TpivPP)(NCO)] 2.069 (5) 1.970 (5) 0.54 0.49 Belkhiria et al. (2005)
[FeIII(TPP)Cl] 2.070 (3) 2.211 (5) 0.57 Schiedt and Finnegan (1989)
[FeIII(TpivPP)Cl] 2.108 (2) 2.207 (1) 0.42 Dhifet et al. (2011)
[FeIII(TTP)(OAc)] e 2.067 (3) 1.898 (4) 0.52 0.48 Oumous et al. (1984)
a

The average distance between iron and nitrogen in the equatorial pyrrole.

b

The distance from iron to the axial ligand.

c

The distance from iron to the average plane formed by the 24-atom core of the porphyrin.

d

The distance from the iron center to the average plane of the four nitrogen atoms in the pyrrole.

e

TTP refers to tetratolylporphyrin.