Transition metal porphyrin complexes
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Transition metal porphyrin complexes are a family of coordination complexes of the conjugate base of porphyrins. Iron porphyrin complexes occur widely in Nature, which has stimulated extensive studies on related synthetic complexes. The metal-porphyrin interaction is a strong one such that metalloporphyrins are thermally robust.[2][3] They are catalysts and exhibit rich optical properties, although these complexes remain mainly of academic interest.