Molecular stereochemistry of [FeIII(TPP)(OCOCF3)].

(meso-Tetraphenylporphinato)(trifluoroacetato)iron(III), [Fe(C2F3O2)(C44H28N4)], consists of a central Fe atom equatorially coordinated to four pyrrole N atoms and axially coordinated th an O atom of the trifluoroacetate group. The average Fe--N bond distance is 2.054(5)A and the Fe atom is displaced 0.483 (1) A from the porphinato plane. The Fe--O distance is 1.921 (4) A. The out-of-plane displacement and the Fe--N bond lengths indicate that the Fe atom is in a high-spin state.