“…When the OAc − of 1 was replaced by a relatively bulkier trifluoroacetate group, CF 3 CO 2 − the coordination number (CN) decreases from 8 for 1 to 7 for bis(trifluoroacetato) -(N -methyl -meso -tetraphenylporphyrinato)thallium(III), Tl(N Me tpp)(CF 3 CO 2 ) 2 (2). Seven-coordinate complexes of the metal ion (M(III)) (M = Sc [9], Ti [10], V [11], Cr [12,13], Fe [13,14] and In [15][16][17][18][19]) have also been reported. However, until now there were no X-ray structural data available for M(III) complexes of porphyrin with seven-coordinate geometry and the stereochemistry for seven-coordination is not reported in mononuclear thallium(III) complexes.…”