“…Early NMR and IR studies on germanium and tin hemiporphyrazines proved the low degree of π-electron delocalization of the Hp ring and the high asymmetry of its ligand core, i.e., the isoindole nitrogens bound to the metal much more strongly than the pyridine ones. , As a consequence of this, metallohemiporphyrazinates, unlike phthalocyaninates, show an unusual tendency toward axial ligation (even with metals of d 8 −d 10 configuration like nickel, copper, or zinc, for which stable four-coordinated complexes would be expected) giving rise to 1:1 or 1:2 adducts with H 2 O, hydrohalic acids and pyridine . Thus, reaction of the metallic acetates with the free base 2 in boiling DMF yields the anhydrous (Ni 2+ , Cu 2+ ) or the monohydrated (Co 2+ , Zn 2+ ) derivatives, whereas reaction of the corresponding metallic halides affords MHp(HX), for Zn 2+ , or MHp(HX) 2 , for Ni 2+ , Co 2+ , and Cu 2+ .…”