On the synthesis and properties of the MgII complex of perfluorinated octaphenylporphyrazine

Reaction of cis-dicyanoperfluorostylbene with MgII butoxide in n-butanol leads to the MgII complex of octa(pentafluorophenyl)porphyrazine, contaminated with by-products due to partial nucleophilic substitution of the fluorine atoms by butoxy groups. Its spectral properties and behavior in CF3COOH solution differs from that reported for the “same” species reported recently by S. Kayaköy and E. Gonca [Inorganic Chemistry Communications 21 (2012) 28-31].