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Title: Resonance Raman studies and vibrational analysis of Ni(II) porphyrins

Thesis/Dissertation ·
OSTI ID:7165307

A local coordinate scheme has been established for a 37-atom metalloporphyrin skeleton, which takes into account the phasing of adjacent bond stretches within the pyrrole ring and at the methine bridges. A consistent valence force field has been developed for Ni porpine (NiP), Ni tetraphenylporphine (NiTPP), and Ni octaethylporphyrin (NiOEP) by fitting the observed Raman and IR band frequencies and the {sup 15}N, {sup 13}C, and {sup 2}H isotope shifts with the aid of bond length-force constant relationships. NiP and its isotopomers deuterated at meso (d{sub 4}), pyrrole (d{sub 8}), and meso + pyrrole (d{sub 12}) carbon atoms have been studied by RR and IR spectroscopies. NiTPP and its {sup 15}N{sub 4} (pyrrole), {sup 13}C{sub 4} (methine bridge), d{sub 8} (pyrrole), and d{sub 20} (phenyl) isotopomers have been investigated by RR spectroscopy with variable wavelength excitations in both crystalline and solution phases. NiOEP and its {sup 15}N{sub 4} (pyrrole), d{sub 4} (meso), d{sub 16} (methylene group) isotopomers, as well as d{sub 4} + {sup 15}N{sub 4}, and d{sub 4} + {sup 62}Ni double isotopomers have been systematically studied in solution and in three different crystalline forms by RR spectroscopy with variable wavelength excitations. IR spectra for NiOEP and its NiOEP-d{sup 16} isotopomer are reported.

Research Organization:
Princeton Univ., NJ (USA)
OSTI ID:
7165307
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Thesis (Ph. D.)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English