Stable ruthenium nitrosyl porphyrins with axial O-bonded ligands; preparation and redox behavior.

The six-coordinate compounds, (T(p-OMe)PP)Ru(NO)(OC6HF4) and (T(p-OMe)PP)Ru(NO)(OC(=O)CF3) have been prepared and characterized by IR and NMR spectroscopy, electrochemistry and IR spectroelectrochemistry, and by X-ray crystallography. These compounds undergo macrocycle-centered oxidations, and loss of axial ligands upon reduction.