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Title: | Selective Conversion of Planar trans-Chlorins into Highly Twisted Doubly Fused Porphyrins or Chlorins via Oxidative Fusion |
Authors: | Grover, Nitika |
Keywords: | Chemistry Doubly fused porphyrins (DFPs) Oxidation Precursors Redox reactions |
Issue Date: | May-2018 |
Publisher: | ACS |
Abstract: | β-to-o-phenyl doubly fused porphyrins (DFPs) or chlorins (DFCs) were selectively synthesized by facile oxidative fusion of trans-chlorins using 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4- benzoquinone (DDQ) in good-to-excellent yields (70–92%) under mild reaction conditions with high atom economy. The selectivity in product formation (difused porphyrin or chlorin) was controlled by the presence or absence of a Ni(II) ion in the macrocyclic core. Notably, nickel(II) trans-chlorins selectively yielded DFPs, whereas free-base trans-chlorins afforded only DFCs. The synthesized fused porphyrinoids exhibited significantly red-shifted electronic spectral features (Δλmax = 16–53 nm) of the Soret band due to the extended π conjugation and highly twisted macrocyclic conformation (twist angle ∼20–34°). Inner-core NHs of fused chlorins exhibited a tremendous downfield shift (Δδ = 1.71–2.02 ppm) compared to their precursors. The overall protonation constants for indanedione-substituted free-base-difused chlorins (4–6) were profoundly higher (∼20–50-fold) compared to dicyanomethyl-appended free-base-difused chlorins (10–12) because of the combined effect of the electronic nature of the β-substituents and nonplanarity of the macrocyclic core. The first oxidation potential of H2DFC(MN)2Ph2 (12) was 0.54 V cathodically shifted with respect to H2DFC(MN)2 (10) because of the electron-donating nature of the β-phenyl groups, which resulted in extensive destabilization of the highest occupied molecular orbital. |
URI: | https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b00849 http://dspace.bits-pilani.ac.in:8080/jspui/xmlui/handle/123456789/15193 |
Appears in Collections: | Department of Chemistry |
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