Study on a green synthetic method of TRPPMCl (M = Fe, Mn, Co)

A green synthetic method using mixted solvents of di-methyl formamide (DMF) and acids instead of single DMF to synthesize metalloporphyrins (TRPPMCl) from TRPPH₂ and MCl₂ metallization was proposed in this paper. A series of TRPPMCl (M = Fe, Mn, Co) were synthesized through this innovative synthetic method, and these complexes were characterized with various spectroscopic techniques, including IR and UV-Vis spectroscopy. The results showed that the metallization time was markedly reduced from about 10 h to 0.5 h in contrast with the conventional synthetic methods.