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(2,3,5,10,12,13,15,20-Octa­phenyl­porphinato)copper(II) 1,1,2,2-tetra­chloro­ethane solvate

TL;DR: The title complex, [Cu(C68H44N4)]·C2H2Cl4, exhibits nearly square-planar geometry around the CuII centre and the macrocyclic ring is almost planar, forming a clathrate-like structure.
Abstract: The title complex, [Cu(C68H44N4)]·C2H2Cl4, exhibits nearly square-planar geometry around the CuII centre and the macrocyclic ring is almost planar. The porphyrin mol­ecule has an approximate non-crystallographic inversion centre (Ci), and a non-crystallographic twofold rotation axis (C2) within the CuII–porphyrin ring plane. Further, it has non-crystallographic twofold rotation axis and mirror plane (Cs) symmetry perpendicular to the mol­ecular plane. The mol­ecular packing of the complexes and the solvent molecules shows weak inter­molecular C—H⋯π, C—H⋯Cl and C—H⋯N inter­actions, forming a clathrate-like structure.
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TL;DR: A new family of unsymmetrically mixed β-octasubstituted porphyrins, H2TPP(Ph)3X5 (X = H, Cl, Br and CH3), and their metal complexes were synthesized as discussed by the authors.

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TL;DR: The category Computer Program Abstracts provides a rapid means of communicating up-to-date information concerning both new programs or systems and signi®cant updates to existing ones.
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TL;DR: Mercury as discussed by the authors is a crystal structure visualization program that allows to display multiple structures simultaneously and overlay them, which can be used for comparison between crystal structures and to overlay them in a table or spreadsheets.
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TL;DR: The hydrogen bond is the most important of all directional intermolecular interactions, operative in determining molecular conformation, molecular aggregation, and the function of a vast number of chemical systems ranging from inorganic to biological.
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