New palladium catalysed reactions of bromoporphyrins: synthesis and crystal structures of nickel(ii) complexes of primary 5-aminoporphyrin, 5,5'-bis(porphyrinyl) secondary amine, and 5-hydroxyporphyrin.

Primary aminoporphyrin, secondary bis(porphyrinyl)amine and hydroxyporphyrin complexes have been isolated and characterised both spectroscopically and crystallographically from the reaction of 5-bromo-10,15,20-triphenylporphyrinatonickel(ii) with hydrazine under palladium catalysis.