Abstract:The reaction of nitrite with ferric and ferrous porphyrins was examined using visible, infrared and NMR spectroscopy. Solutions of either ferric or ferrous porphyrin were stable in the presence of nitrite, with only complexation reactions being observed. Under voltammetric conditions, though, a rapid reaction was observed between nitrite and iron porphyrins to form the nitrosyl complex, Fe(P)(NO), where P = porphyrin. The products of the reduction of ferric porphyrins in the presence of nitrite were confirmed by visible spectroelectrochemistry to be Fe(P)(NO) and [Fe(P)]2O. Visible, NMR and infrared spectroscopy were used to rule out the formation of Fe(P)(NO) by the iron catalyzed disproportionation of nitrite.NOT THE PUBLISHED VERSION; this is the author's final, peer-reviewed manuscript. The published version may be accessed by following the link in the citation at the bottom of the page.Inorganica Chimica Acta, Vol. 314, No. 1-2 (March 2001): pg. 49-57. Publisher's link. This article is © Elsevier and permission has been granted for this version to appear in e-Publications@Marquette. Elsevier does not grant permission for this article to be further copied/distributed or hosted elsewhere without the express permission from Elsevier.
2A reaction between iron porphyrins and nitrite only occurred by the presence of both oxidation states (ferric/ferrous). The kinetics of the reaction was monitored by visible spectroscopy, and the reaction was found to be firstorder with respect to Fe(OEP)(Cl) and Fe(OEP). The products were the same as those observed in the spectroelectrochemical experiment. The rate was not strongly dependent upon the concentration of nitrite, indicating that the coordinated, not the free nitrite, was the reaction species. The observed kinetics was consistent with a mixed oxidation state nitrite bridged intermediate, which carried out the oxygen transfer reaction from nitrite to the iron porphyrin. The effect of nitrite coordination on the reaction rate was examined.