The synthesis, spectroscopic properties, and electrochemistry of six different alkyl- and aryl-substituted Co(III)corroles are presented. The investigated compounds contain methyl, ethyl, phenyl, or substituted phenyl groupsat the eight
-positions of the corrole macrocycle and four derivatives also contain a phenyl group at the 10-
mesoposition of the macrocycle. Each cobalt corrole undergoes four reversible oxidations in CH
2Cl
2 containing 0.1 Mtetra-
n-butylammonium perchlorate and exists as a dimer in its singly and doubly oxidized forms. The differencein potential between the first two oxidations is associated with the degree of interaction between the two corroleunits of the dimer and ranges from an upper value of 0.62 V, in the case of (Me
6Et
2Cor)Co, to a lower value ofabout 0.17 V, in the case of four compounds which have a phenyl group located at the 10-
meso position of themacrocycle. These Co(III) corroles strongly coordinate two pyridine molecules or one carbon monoxide moleculein CH
2Cl
2 media, and ligand binding constants were evaluated using spectroscopic and electrochemical methods.The structure of (Me
4Ph
5Cor)Co(py)
2 was also determined by X-ray diffraction. Crystal data: (Me
4Ph
5Cor)Co(py)
2·3CH
2Cl
2·H
2O, orthorhombic,
a = 19.5690(4) Å,
b = 17.1070(6) Å,
c = 15.9160(6) Å,
V = 5328.2(5) Å
3,space group
Pna2
1,
Z = 2, 35 460 observations,
R(
F) = 0.069.