The complexes [Pt(tpp)] (H2tpp=tetraphenylporphyrin), [M(acac)2] (M=Pd, Pt, Hacac=acetylacetone), and [Pd(ba)2] (Hba=benzoylacetone) were co‐crystallized with highly electron‐deficient arene systems to form reverse arene sandwich structures built by π‐hole⋅⋅⋅[MII] (d8M=Pt, Pd) interactions. The adduct [Pt(tpp)]⋅2 C6F6 is monomeric, whereas the diketonate 1:1 adducts form columnar infinity 1D‐stack assembled by simultaneous action of both π‐hole⋅⋅⋅[MII] and C⋅⋅⋅F interactions. The reverse sandwiches are based on noncovalent interactions and calculated ESP distributions indicate that in π‐hole⋅⋅⋅[MII] contacts, [MII] plays the role of a nucleophile.

Copper(II) 5,15-bis(diethoxyphosphoryl)-10,20-diphenylporphyrin was obtained and characterized by means of cyclic voltammetry, electron paramagnetic resonance, Fourier transform infrared, and UV-visible spectroscopy. Three crystalline forms were grown and studied by means of X-ray diffraction methods (single crystal and powder). The highly electron-withdrawing effect of phosphoryl groups attached directly to the porphyrin macrocycle results in a self-assembling process, with formation of a stable 2D coordination network, which is unusual for copper(II) porphyrins. The resulting 2D structure is a rare example of an assembly based on copper(II) porphyrins where the copper(II) central metal ion is six-coordinated because of a weak interaction with two phosphoryl groups of adjacent porphyrins. The other polymorph of copper(II) 5,15-bis(diethoxyphosphoryl)-10,20-diphenylporphyrin contains individual (isolated) porphyrin molecules with four-coordinated copper(II) in a distorted porphyrin core. This polymorph can be obtained only by slow diffusion of a copper acetate/methanol solution into solutions of free base 5,15-bis(diethoxyphosphoryl)-10,20-diphenylporphyrin in chloroform. It converts to the 2D structure after dissolution in chloroform followed by consecutive crystallizations, using slow diffusion of hexane. A six-coordinated copper(II) porphyrin containing two axially coordinated dioxane molecules was also obtained and characterized by X-ray diffraction crystallography. The association of copper(II) 5,15-bis(diethoxyphosphoryl)-10,20-diphenylporphyrin in solution was also studied.

Two series of diphosphoryl-substituted porphyrins were synthesized and characterized by electrochemistry and spectroelectrochemistry in nonaqueous media containing 0.1 M tetra-n-butylammonium perchlorate (TBAP). The investigated compounds are 5,15-bis(diethoxyphosphoryl)-10,20-diphenylporphyrins (Ph)2(P(O)(OEt)2)2PorM and 5,15-bis(diethoxyphosphoryl)-10,20-di(para-carbomethoxyphenyl)porphyrins (PhCOOMe)2(P(O)(OEt)2)2PorM where M = 2H, Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), Zn(II), Cd(II), or Pd(II). The free-base and five metalated porphyrins with nonredox active centers undergo two ring-centered oxidations and two ring-centered reductions, the latter of which is followed by a chemical reaction of the porphyrin dianion to give an anionic phlorin product. The phlorin anion is electroactive and can be reoxidized by two electrons to give back the starting porphyrin, or it can be reversibly reduced by one electron at more negative potentials to give a phlorin dianion. The chemical conversion of the porphyrin dianion to a phlorin anion proceeds at a rate that varies with the nature of the central metal ion and the solvent. This rate is slowest in the basic solvent pyridine as compared to CH2Cl2 and PhCN, giving further evidence for the involvement of protons in the chemical reaction leading to phlorin formation. Calculations of the electronic structure were performed on the Ni(II) porphyrin dianion, and the most favorable atoms for electrophilic attack were determined to be the two phosphorylated carbon atoms. Phlorin formation was not observed after the two-electron reduction of the cobalt porphyrins due to the different oxidation state assignment of the doubly reduced species, a Co(I) π anion radical in one case and an M(II) dianion for all of the other derivatives. Each redox reaction was monitored by thin-layer UV-visible spectroelectrochemistry, and an overall mechanism for each electron transfer is proposed on the basis of these data.

An efficient approach to the synthesis of new types of Hoveyda–Grubbs catalysts containing an N→Ru bond in a six-membered chelate ring is proposed. The synthesis of the organometallic compounds is based on the interaction of ready accessible 2-vinylbenzylamines and 1,3-bis­(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)-2-trichloromethylimidazolidine ligands with dichloro­(3-phenyl-1H-inden-1-ylidene)­bis­(tricyclohexylphosphane)­ruthenate, and it afforded the target ruthenium complexes in 70–80% yields. Areas of practical utility and potential applications of the obtained chelates were highlighted by tests of the catalysts in different olefin cross-metathesis (CM) and ring-closing-metathesis (RCM) reactions. These experiments revealed a high catalytic performance (up to 10–2 mol %) of all the synthesized structures in a broad temperature range. The structural peculiarities of the resultant ruthenium catalysts were thoroughly investigated by X-ray crystallography, which allowed making a reliable correlation between the structure of the metallo-complexes and their catalytic properties. It was proved that the bond length between ruthenium and nitrogen in the six-membered chelate ring has the greatest effect on the stability and efficiency of the catalyst. As a rule, the shorter and stronger the N→Ru bond, the higher the stability of the complex and the worse its catalytic characteristics. In turn, the coordination N→Ru bond length can be finely tuned and varied over a wide range of values by changing the steric volume of the cyclic substituents at the nitrogen atom, which will make it possible, as appropriate, to obtain in the future metal complexes with predictable stability and the required catalytic activity. Also, it was found that complexes in which the nitrogen atom is included in the morpholine or isoquinoline rings are the most efficient catalysts in this series. An attempt to establish a correlation between the N→Ru bond length and the 1H and 13C chemical shifts in the RuCH fragment has been made.

The design of new solid‐state proton‐conducting materials is a great challenge for chemistry and materials science. Herein, a new anionic porphyrinylphosphonate‐based MOF (IPCE‐1Ni), which involves dimethylammonium (DMA) cations for charge compensation, is reported. As a result of its unique structure, IPCE‐1Ni exhibits one of the highest value of the proton conductivity among reported proton‐conducting MOF materials based on porphyrins (1.55×10−3 S cm−1 at 75 °C and 80 % relative humidity).