A spectrophotometric and thermodynamic study of the sitting-atop complex formation from reaction between free base meso-tetraarylporphyrins and zirconyl nitrate in chloroform solution

Abstract

The sitting-atop complexation of meso-tetraarylporphyrins and its para-substituted derivatives (H 2t(4-X)pp, X:H, Br, Cl, CH(CH 3) 2, OCH 3, CH 3), as electron donors, with zirconyl, as an electron acceptor, have been investigated spectrophotometrically in chloroform. The mole ratio studies based on physicochemical techniques were employed clearly and revealed the formation of 1:1 sitting-atop complexes which was confirmed by UV–vis, 1H NMR and IR spectroscopic data. The value of the formation constant was estimated for each complex using a nonlinear optimization of the complex absorbance vs. mole ratio data by package KINFIT. The results showed that the stability of these complexes decreases with the temperature enhancement. Thermodynamic parameters, Δ G°, Δ H° and Δ S°, of the SAT complexes have been determined from the temperature dependence of formation constants by Van’t Hoff equation. Also, the influence of the substituents of the aryl rings in H 2t(4-X)pp on the stability of the SAT complexes is discussed.