Patent ID: 6951935

Claim:
A porphyrin compound having the structure of Formula (I): wherein: M is H 2 or a transition metal; each R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 and R 6 are each independently selected from the group consisting of Y, H, alkyl, substituted alkyl, arylalkyl, aryl, and substituted aryl; Y is a heteroatom-containing moiety selected from the group consisting of NR 7 R 8 , NR 10 , OR 10 , PR 7 R 8 , SR 10 , SiR 7 R 8 R 9 , BR 7 R 8 , GeR 7 R 8 R 9 , SnR 7 R 8 R 9 and SeR 10 , wherein: R 7 and R 9 are each independently selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl, substituted alkyl, arylalkyl, aryl, and substituted aryl; R 8 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, arylalkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, and substituted alkyl, wherein the alkyl group substituent is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, halo, arylamino, acyl, hydroxy, aryloxy, alkoxyl, alkylthio, arylthio, aralkyloxy, aralkylthio, carboxy, oxo, and cycloalkyl; R 10 is selected from the group consisting of C 2 -C 20 alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, and substituted alkyl, wherein the alkyl group substitutent is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, halo, arylamino, acyl, hydroxy, aryloxy, alkoxyl, alkylthio, arylthio, aralkyloxy, aralkylthio, and cycloalkyl; and at least one of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 and R 6 is Y.