Ni(III)(OETPP˙)(Br)2 is the first Ni(III) porphyrin radical cation with structural and (1)H and (13)C paramagnetic NMR data for porphyrinate systems. Associating EPR and NMR analyses with DFT calculations as a new model is capable of clearly determining the dominant state from two controversial spin distributions in the ring to be the Ni(III) LS coupled with an a1u spin-up radical.

An unusual intermediate-spin electronic structure d(xz,yz)(3)d(xy)(1)d(z(2))(1) has been assigned to the six-coordinate saddled [Fe(OETPP)(4-CNPy)(2)](+) complex through density functional calculation and NMR spectroscopy analysis.