EXAFS and FTIR structural characterization for the crystal of monomeric tetraphenylporphyrinato gadolinium: [Gd(TPP)acac·8H2O·3TCB]
Abstract
The coordination number of the gadolinium atom and bond distances in the crystal of monomeric porphyrinate, [Gd(TPP)acac·8H2O·3TCB] (TCB: 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene, acac: anion of acetylacetone), were determined by EXAFS method. The Gd atom is eight-coordinated to the four nitrogen atoms of a tetraphenylporphyrin ring, to the two oxygen atoms of one acetylacetonato anion and to two water molecules with Gd—N=0.232 nm, Gd—O=0.243 nm.