Basic and Coordination Properties of Tetraphenylporphine Derivatives

Basic and coordination properties of 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(3,5-dibromophenyl)porphine and 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-methoxy-3-bromophenyl)porphine in acetonitrile have been investigated by means of spectrophotometry. The optimization of the geometry parameters of polysubstituted porphyrins has been performed using quantum-chemical method (РМ3). The relationship between geometric structure of the studied porphyrins and their coordination, basic, and spectral properties is discussed.