Catalytic methane oxidation by a supramolecular conjugate based on a μ-nitrido-bridged iron porphyrinoid dimer

Abstract

Catalytic methane oxidation was conducted using a μ-nitrido-bridged dinuclear iron complex of a four-fold rotaxane heterodimer of a porphyrin and a phthalocyanine. Extension of the π-stacked structure of the four-fold rotaxane-based μ-nitrido-bridged iron porphyrinoid dimer by supramolecular complexation with an additional tetraanionic porphyrin apparently increased the methane conversion ability.