Synthesis of indenoporphyrins, highly modified porphyrins with reduced diatropic characteristics

Indene-fused porphyrins have been synthesized starting from 2-indanone. Knorr-type reaction of oximes derived from benzyl or tert-butyl acetoacetate with 2-indanone and zinc dust in propionic acid gave good yields of indenopyrroles. Treatment with N-chlorosuccinimide then gave 8-chloro derivatives, and these reacted with 5-unsubstituted pyrroles to give dipyrroles incorporating the fused indene unit. Hydrogenolysis of the benzyl ester protective groups afforded the related dicarboxylic acids, but condensation with a dipyrrylmethane dialdehyde under MacDonald "2 + 2" reaction conditions gave poor yields of the targeted indenoporphyrins. However, when an indene-fused dipyrrole was converted into the corresponding dialdehyde with TFA-trimethyl orthoformate and then reacted with a dipyrrylmethane dicarboxylic acid, an indenoporphyrin was isolated in 26% yield. The porphyrin gave a highly modified UV-vis absorption spectrum with three strong bands showing up in the Soret region and a series of Q bands that extended beyond 700 nm. The proton NMR spectrum also showed a significantly reduced diamagnetic ring current where the meso-protons gave resonances near 9.3 ppm instead of typical porphyrin values of 10 ppm. Nickel(II), copper(II), and zinc complexes were also prepared, and these exhibited unusual UV-vis absorption spectra with bathochromically shifted Soret and Q absorptions. The diamagnetic nickel(II) and zinc complexes also showed reduced diatropic character compared to typical nickel(II) and zinc porphyrins.     

Novel spectral and electrochemical characteristics of triphenylamine-bound zinc porphyrins and their intramolecular energy and electron transfer

Porphine bearing triphenylamine (TPA) pendant groups and their zinc complexes, zinc meso-tetra-p-(di-p-phenylamino)phenylporphyrin (ZnTDPAPP) and zinc meso-tetra-p-(di-p-tolylamino)phenylporphyrin (ZnTDTAPP) are synthesized and their spectral and electrochemical characteristics are studied. Zinc meso-tetraphenylporphyrin (ZnTPP) and zinc meso-tetra-p-aminophenylporphyrin (ZnTAPP) are also used as reference complexes. The B and Q bands of ZnTDPAPP and ZnTDTAPP are located at higher wavelengths and the bandwidths become broader compared with those of ZnTPP and ZnTAPP, indicating the peripheral TPA affects the electronic configuration of zinc porphyrins. Upon excitation in CH2Cl2 at room temperature, the compounds exhibit intramolecular singlet energy transfer from the TPA to the porphyrin core, and emission from the porphyrins are observed. Both ZnTDPAPP and ZnTDTAPP are easier to be oxidized and harder to be reduced than ZnTPP, in agreement with the strong electron-donating effect of the TPA groups. Extra waves corresponding to the oxidation of TPA substituents are also observed. The cation radical ZnTDTAPP+* exhibits an absorption spectrum very different from the typical spectra for porphyrin cation radicals. The NIR absorption band at 1296 nm indicates the electron transfer occurs intramolecularly. The above results evince the ability of TPA to modulate the electronic structure of zinc porphyrins.     

Facile dearomatisation of porphyrins using palladium-catalysed hydrazination: the 5,15-diiminoporphodimethenes and their redox products

The synthesis, electronic absorption and ¹H NMR spectra of a suite of novel porphyrinoids derived from meso-bromoporphyrins by palladium-catalysed aminations using ethyl and tert-butylcarbazates are reported. Instead of the expected carbazate-substituted porphyrins, a facile oxidative dearomatisation of the porphyrin ring occurs in high yield, especially for the nickel(II) complexes, resulting in high yields of 5,15-diiminoporphodimethenes (DIPDs). The analogous zinc(II) and free base DIPDs were also characterised, the former by X-ray crystallography. The oxidation and reduction reactions of DIPDs and their precursor carbazate porphyrins were studied. Density Functional Theory (DFT) was used to calculate the optimised geometries and frontier molecular orbitals of DIPD Ni8c and bis(azocarboxylate) 19c, and Time Dependent DFT calculations allowed the prediction of electronic absorption spectra, whose characteristics corresponded well with those of the observed solution spectra. In the latter case, the calculated low-energy absorptions were unlike those of a typical porphyrin, due to the near-degeneracy of the highest filled frontier orbitals, and the wide energy separation between the unfilled orbitals. This feature was present in the observed spectrum.     

Synthesis of 2-Arylpyrimido[4,5-b]porphyrins via Cyclization Reaction with Ammonia

A facile synthetic strategy for the synthesis of a new series of β,β’-fused 2-arylpyrimido[4,5-b]porphyrins has been developed by using condensation cyclization reaction with ammonia. 2-Aroylamino-3-formylporphyrins were synthesized from 2-aroylaminoporphyrins under Vilsmeier–Haack reaction conditions, which were then efficiently converted to the corresponding 2-arylpyrimido[4,5-b]-5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-chlorophenyl)-porphyrins via a condensation cyclization reaction. The nickel(II), copper(II), free-base and zinc(II) analogues of 2-arylpyrimido[4,5-b]porphyrins were successfully synthesized in 65–72 % yields and structurally characterized on the basis of spectral data analysis. On photophysical evaluation, 2-arylpyrimido[4,5-b]porphyrins demonstrated a 12–19 nm bathochromic shift in their electronic absorption spectra and up to 10 nm red shift in their emission spectra as compared to the simple meso-(tetrakis(4-chlorophenyl))porphyrins due to the extended π-conjugation.     

NEW LIPOPHILIC BISPOCKET-PORPHYRINS FOR CHEMOTHERAPY OF CANCER (PART I); PREPARATION AND PROPERTIES OF 5,10,15,20-TETRAKIS(3′,5′-DI-t-BUTYLPHENYL) PORPHYRIN METAL COMPLEXES1

Abstract

A series of highly lipophilic bis-pocket porphyrins, 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(3′, 5′-di-t-butylphenyl)porphyrin with five metals (copper(II), nickel(II), zinc(II), cobalt(II), and iron(III)), have been prepared and characterized on the basis of electronic, infrared and ¹H NMR spectra. Although electronic spectra of these porphyrins are substantially the same as their prototype tetraphenylporphyrin complexes of the respective metals, their solubility in common organic solvents such as chloroform, benzene, and hexane is dramatically enhanced.     

Study of Extra Coordination of Bromo-Substituted Porphyrins to Organic Bases

Extra coordination of zinc complexes of bromo-substituted tetraphenylporphyrins was studied by spectrophotometry. It was found that the stability of complexes thus formed markedly increases upon -bromo-substitution in tetraphenylporphine. The effects of electronic and structural factors on the extra coordination were discussed. The stability constants of complexes formed by zinc porphyrins with organic bases were calculated, and the electronic absorption spectra of porphyrins in toluene and in other organic solvents were studied.     

Planarity of metal chlorins in n-octane solution

The geometry of porphyrins has been and continues to be a subject of vigorous research. In this work we investigated the planarity of a series of divalent metal chlorins in n-octane solutions: magnesium, zinc, copper, nickel, cobalt, manganese, tin, cadmium, strontium, lead and platinum. Room temperature electronic absorption spectra of these complexes are reported. We plotted the energy of each B band against its respective Qy origin band. Based on these results it was concluded that in these metal chlorins the configuration interaction between Qy and B states is essentially constant; the exception is the magnesium complex which deviates from the pattern produced by the other metal chlorins. This suggests that the magnesium ion is out of the plane of the chlorin skeleton; thus, it has C(S) symmetry while the other metal chlorins in this group retained C2v symmetry.     

Electronic spectra of copper and zinc complexes of porphyrins containing ethoxycarbonyl substituents

Copper and zinc complexes of porphyrins containing ethoxycarbonyl substituents have been synthesized and their absorption spectra in the visible region have been studied. A connection has been shown between the α/β ratio of the absorption bands and the order of substitution of electronegative groups in the porphyrins.

     

具有不同长度碳链的不对称四苯基卟啉及其金属配合物的合成

叶绿素、血红素、维生素B_(12)等都是不对称的金属卟啉类化合物叫,1975年Anton等首次合成了几种不对称取代四苯基卟啉及其金属配合物.其后,Leznoff,Molinaro等也发表了有关工作.我们模拟叶绿素的结构合成了三个系列13个具有不同长度碳链的单取代四苯基卟啉及其铜、锌、钴、镍等金属配合物(图1).用元素分析、红外光谱、可见吸收光谱和核磁共振谱等表征了它们的可能结构.     

几种新型卟啉的合成及其光敏性质

合成了４种新的卟啉配体及其锌的配合物，并用红外光谱、紫外可见光谱、元素分析等手段对它们进行了表征。初步实验表明所合成的卟啉配体和金属卟啉均具有光敏性。     

Extremely large cavity assembled by self-interlocking of distorted biconcave porphyrins

X-Ray analyses of free base, zinc, and nickel complexes of 2,3;7,8;12,13;17,18-tetrakis(6,13-dihydro-6,13-pentaceno)-21H,23H-porphine revealed that the porphyrin chromophores adopted a heavily-saddled conformation by interlocking of the biconcave porphyrins in the crystals containing halobenzenes as crystalline solvents, while the ring was almost flat in the crystals obtained from benzene or from chlorobenzene and isopropanol.     

Three-ring, branched cyclam derivatives and their interaction with nickel(II), copper(II), zinc(II) and cadmium(II)

The interaction of two symmetrically branched tris-cyclam derivatives based on 1,3,5-trimethylenebenzene and phloroglucinol cores with nickel(II), copper(II), zinc(II) and cadmium(II) is reported. All four metal ions yield solid complexes in which the metal : ligand ratio is 3 : 1. For both ligand types, spectrophotometric titrations confirm the formation of nickel(II) and copper(II) complexes of similar 3 : 1 stoichiometry in dimethyl sulfoxide. Visible spectral, electrochemical, magnetic moment, ESR and NMR studies have been performed to probe the nature of the respective complexes. Where appropriate, the results from the above metal-ion studies are compared with those from parallel investigations in which the corresponding (substituted) mono-cyclam analogues were employed as the ligands. A structural determination employing a poorly diffracting crystal of the trinuclear nickel(II) complex of the tris-cyclam ligand incorporating a 1,3,5-trimethylenebenzene core was successfully carried out with the aid of a synchrotron radiation source. A nickel ion occupies each cyclam ring in a square-planar coordination arrangement, with each cyclam ring adopting the stable trans-III configuration.     

Synthesis and conformational studies of chiral meso-(α,β-unsaturated)-porphyrins

We describe a method to improve the yield and the kinetics of the difficult syntheses of α,β-unsaturated porphyrins, which enabled us to obtain a new chiral porphyrin derived from (S)-(−)-perillaldehyde in a 6% yield. Variable temperature NMR experiments on the free base, the zinc(II) and the nickel(II) complexes showed that two distinct and consecutive dynamic processes linked with the meso substituents rotation occurred. These processes can be analyzed as an evolution of the conformer composition upon temperature change. Higher values are found for the free energies of rotation of the substituent (measured by variable temperature ¹H NMR) compared to those of other equivalent porphyrins like meso-tetraphenyl porphyrin or meso-tetracyclohexyl porphyrin.     

Synthesis of (Alkynyl)phenyl Porphyrins by Palladium Catalysed Cross Coupling Reactions

meso-para and meso-meta-(phenyltriflate)tritolyl porphyrins and the zinc complexes are coupled with alkynyl stannanes or terminal alkynes with palladium catalyst to give the meso-para and meta(m-alkynylphenyl)tritolylylkphenyl porphyrins as well as the zinc complex in good yields.     

One-pot synthesis of β-carboxy tetra aryl porphyrins: potential applications to dye-sensitized solar cells

A facile one-pot conversion of 2-formyl-5,10,15,20-tetra aryl-substituted porphyrins and their zinc derivatives to the corresponding 2-carboxy-5,10,15,20-tetra aryl-substituted porphyrins was achieved for the first time by using hydroxylamine hydrochloride and phthalic anhydride. All these substituted carboxy porphyrins were completely characterized by using mass, CHN analysis, ¹H NMR, UV-vis, Fluorescence spectroscopies, and cyclic voltammetry. Both the absorption maxima and emission maxima were red shifted by 5-7 nm. The LUMO of these porphyrins are above the TiO₂ conduction band and HOMO was below the redox electrolytes. These carboxy porphyrins are potential applications as sensitizers to dye-sensitized solar cell.     

Spectroscopy and photophysics of self-organized zinc porphyrin nanolayers. 1. Optical spectroscopy of excitonic interactions involving the soret band

The photophysical properties of excited singlet states of zinc tetra-(p-octylphenyl)-porphyrin in 5-25-nm-thick films spin-coated onto quartz slides have been investigated by optical spectroscopy. Analysis of the polarized absorption spectra using a dipole-dipole exciton model with two mutually perpendicular transition dipole moments per molecule shows that the films are built from linear aggregates, i.e., stacks with a slipped-deck-of-cards configuration. The molecular planes of the porphyrins in the stacks are found to be perpendicularly oriented with respect to the substrate plane. Assuming a value of 2-3 for the dielectric constant of the film, from the excitonic shift, an angle of 44 degrees +/- 3 degrees and an interplanar distance of 0.35-0.36 nm between adjacent porphyrins are calculated, close to the ground-state geometry in solution. The ordering in these films was further investigated by the effects of various solvents and temperature annealing. Spin-coating from toluene as a solvent results in highly ordered films, and annealing of these films has little effect on their absorption spectra. However, spin-coating from chloroform or pyridine or exposure of the films to these solvents in their vapor phases changes their ordering presumably due to incorporation of residual solvent molecules. Annealing yields absorption spectra identical to those of films spin-coated from toluene. The absorption spectra are insensitive to atmospheric moisture, in contrast to those of zinc tetraphenylporphyrin films lacking octyl substituents.     

New synthesis of zinc tetrakis(arylethynyl)porphyrins and substituent effects on their redox chemistry

Sonogashira coupling of zinc 5,10,15,20-tetraethynylporphyrin with various phenyl iodides under mild conditions afforded good yields of the corresponding zinc porphyrins. This method is applicable to a variety of aryl iodides including meso-substituted iodoporphyrin to form a conjugated star-shaped multiporphyrin. The UV-Vis spectra show that peak broadening, red shifts, and changes in the oscillator strength of absorptions increase with the extension of pi-conjugation. In the electrochemical measurements, the first oxidation of porphyrins 4-9 occurs at potentials in the range +0.89 to +1.08 V, which are comparable to that of ZnTPP (TPP = tetraphenylporphyrin). The first reduction was observed at potentials from -0.73 to -0.89 V, which is anodically shifted by 390-550 mV as compared to that of ZnTPP, and the second reduction occurs at potentials in the range -1.12 to -1.33 V. The para-substituted tetrakis(phenylethynyl)porphyrins show substituent effects on their redox chemistry and exhibit only slight substituent effects in their emission and absorption maxima.     

Fluorescence and absorption spectroscopic studies on the interaction of porphyrins with snake gourd (Trichosanthes anguina) seed lectin

The interaction of several free-base porphyrins and their corresponding copper(II) and zinc(II) derivatives with the galactose-specific lectin from snake gourd (Trichosanthes anguina) seeds has been investigated by absorption and fluorescence spectroscopic techniques. The lectin dimer contains two apparently equivalent binding sites for the porphyrins. Association constants obtained for the interaction of various porphyrins with the lectin are in the range 1.7 x 10(4)-6.2 x 10(5) M(-1), with the metalloporphyrins being seen to have higher affinity for the lectin compared with the free-base analogues. Both positively charged and negatively charged porphyrins bind to snake gourd seed lectin (SGSL) with comparable affinities, suggesting that binding occurs primarily via hydrophobic interactions. Further, binding of porphyrins is found to be largely unaffected by the presence of the sugar ligand, lactose, indicating that the binding sites for the carbohydrate and porphyrin are different. This study thus suggests that the lectin may serve as a receptor for some endogenous non-carbohydrate, hydrophobic ligand in vivo, in addition to the saccharide ligands. It also opens up the possibility of employing the T. anguina lectin in applications such as photodynamic therapy, which involve the use of porphyrins.     

Determination of Some Transition Metals by Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy after Extraction with Pyridine-2-aldehyde-2-quinolylhydrazone

The extraction of pyridine-2-aldehyde-2-quinolylhydrazone chelates of cadmium, cobalt, copper, nickel, and zinc into isoamyl alcohol (IAOL) and methylisobutyl ketone (MIBK) has been investigated as a basis for the determination of these metals. Below pH 6 the extraction is enhanced by the addition of perchlorate, suggesting that charged complexes are being extracted by ion-pair formation. Sensitivities (1% absorption) are reported for IAOL and MIBK solutions of the metals sprayed into an air-acetylene flame. A procedure for the determination of the above metals by atomic absorption spectroscopy after extraction is given. The procedure is applied to the analysis of tap water for cadmium, copper, and zinc.     

Origin of the red shifts in the optical absorption bands of nonplanar tetraalkylporphyrins

The view that the large red shifts seen in the UV-visible absorption bands of peripherally crowded nonplanar porphyrins are the result of nonplanar deformations of the macrocycle has recently been challenged by the suggestion that the red shifts arise from substituent-induced changes in the macrocycle bond lengths and bond angles, termed in-plane nuclear reorganization (IPNR). We have analyzed the contributions to the UV-visible band shifts in a series of nickel or zinc meso-tetraalkylporphyrins to establish the origins of the red shifts in these ruffled porphyrins. Structures were obtained using a molecular mechanics force field optimized for porphyrins, and the nonplanar deformations were quantified by using normal-coordinate structural decomposition (NSD). Transition energies were calculated by the INDO/S semiempirical method. These computational studies demonstrate conclusively that the large Soret band red shifts ( approximately 40 nm) seen for very nonplanar meso-tetra(tert-butyl)porphyrin compared to meso-tetra(methyl)porphyrin are primarily the result of nonplanar deformations and not IPNR. Strikingly, nonplanar deformations along the high-frequency 2B(1u) and 3B(1u) normal coordinates of the macrocycle are shown to contribute significantly to the observed red shifts, even though these deformations are an order of magnitude smaller than the observed ruffling (1B(1u)) deformation. Other structural and electronic influences on the UV-visible band shifts are discussed and problems with the recent studies are examined (e.g., the systematic underestimation of the 2B(1u) and 3B(1u) modes in artificially constrained porphyrin structures that leads to a mistaken attribution of the red shift to IPNR). The effect of nonplanar deformations on the UV-visible absorption bands is then probed experimentally with a series of novel bridled nickel chiroporphyrins. In these compounds, the substituent effect is essentially invariant and the amount of nonplanar deformation decreases as the length of the straps connecting adjacent meso-cyclopropyl substituents decreases (the opposite of the effect observed for conventional strapped porphyrins). Several spectroscopic markers for nonplanarity (UV-visible bands, resonance Raman lines, and (1)H NMR resonances) are found to correlate with time-averaged deformations obtained from an NSD analysis of molecular dynamics snapshot structures. These results suggest that UV-visible band shifts of tetrapyrroles in proteins are potentially useful indicators of changes in nonplanarity provided other structural and electronic factors can be eliminated.