Figure 3
The crystal packing of (I) . Note that the porphyrin core of porphyrin A is approached from above and below by nearly parallel pairs of the pyridyl arms of molecules B and C (above), and D and E (below). [Symmetry codes: (A) x + , −y + , z + ; (B) x + 1, y, z + 1; (C) x + , y + , z; (D) x, y, z; (E) x + , y + , z + 1; (F) x, −y + 1, z − .] |