Kinetics of the metal-exchange reaction of deuteroporphyrin and gematoporphyrin cadmium complexes with cobalt chloride in acetonitrile

The metal-exchange reaction of cadmium deuteroporphyrin (CdDP) and cadmium gematoporphyrin (CdGP) with cobalt chloride in acetonitrile is studied spectrophotometrically. The stoichiometry of the metal-exchange reaction is determined. The results are compared with the exchange reaction of cadmium mesoporphyrin and cadmium protoporphyrin with cobalt acetate in acetonitrile. Substituents in the 2,4-positions of cadmium complexes of protoporphyrins are shown to influence the rate of the metal-exchange reaction. The increasing order of the rates of the metal-exchange reaction between protoporphyrins and cobalt chloride in acetonitrile is established.