{rac-5-[Meth­oxy(phen­yl)meth­yl]-10,20-diphenyl­porphyrinato}nickel(II)

The title compound, [Ni(C(40)H(28)N(4)O)], was obtained from a Grignard reaction of the respective formyl­porphyrin to yield {5-[hy­droxy(phen­yl)meth­yl]-10,20-diphenyl­porphyrinato}nickel(II), followed by crystallization from methyl­ene chloride/methanol. The mol­ecule exhibits a ruffled macrocycle with an average deviation of the 24 macrocycle atoms from their least-squares plane (Δ24) of 0.26 Å and an average Ni—N bond length of 1.931 (2) Å. In line with the asymmetrical substituent pattern, the degree of distortion is slightly larger at point of attachment of the meth­oxy(phen­yl)methyl residue than at the unsubstituted meso position. The meth­oxy group attached to the chiral C atom is disordered in a 0.534 (4):0.466 (4) ratio.