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Resonance Raman spectroscopy of non‐planar nickel porphyrins
Author(s) -
Shelnutt J. A.,
Majumder S. A.,
Sparks L. D.,
Hobbs J. D.,
Medforth C. J.,
Senge M. O.,
Smith K. M.,
Miura M.,
Luo L.,
Quirke J. M. E.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of raman spectroscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.748
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1097-4555
pISSN - 0377-0486
DOI - 10.1002/jrs.1250231004
Subject(s) - raman spectroscopy , resonance raman spectroscopy , porphyrin , planarity testing , chemistry , resonance (particle physics) , crystallography , metal , planar , steric effects , spectroscopy , bond length , nickel , photochemistry , stereochemistry , crystal structure , organic chemistry , optics , physics , computer graphics (images) , particle physics , quantum mechanics , computer science
Non‐planar conformational distortions have recently been implicated in the biological activity of porphyrins and related tetrapyrroles in proteins, and several studies have used highly substituted porphyrins to model these nonplanar conformational distortions. Several aspects of non‐planarity in the highly substituted metalloporphyrins are discussed, focusing on resonance Raman spectroscopy as a technique for investigating these structural issues. First, different non‐planar distortions cause characteristic changes in the Raman spectrum. Specifically, the decreases in frequency of several Raman lines when compared with planar porphyrin analogs are shown to be similar for several classes of non‐planar highly substituted porphyrins. Second, the effect of the central metal ion [ M = Ni(II), Co(II), Cu(II), Zn(II), Co(III), Fe(III)] on the conformation of the sterically constrained non‐planar porphyrin octaethyltetraphenylporphyrin is considered. Responding to the conformational adjustments resulting from different metal size, the frequency of the structure‐sensitive Raman line v 2 correlates with several structural parameters obtained from either mechanics calculations or crystallographic studies. The parameters include CβCβ bond length, core size and CαNCα angle. Finally, an effect of electron‐withdrawing substituents on the Raman frequencies is evident for the different classes of highly substituted porphyrins.