Fluorescent tetraruthenated porphyrins embedded in monolithic SiO2 gels by the sol-gel process

In this work silica gels have been prepared by a sol-gel method using tetraethylorthosilicate as gel precursor. The tetraruthenated porphyrins H2(3-TRPyP), Co(3-TRPyP), and H2(4-TRPyP) were incorporated into the systems during gel formation without problems commonly found in the process, such as aggregation. Spectroscopic studies of the resulting silica gels revealed the presence of absorption bands in the range 200-400 nm associated with the transitions of the groups ruthenium-bipyridine, along with the Soret band at the same wavelengths observed in solution. The porphyrins were found to preserve fluorescence emission properties in the range 650-700 nm even after the aging period. Study of the thermal behavior and decomposition kinetics evidenced that the porphyrin H2(4-TRPyP) is the least stable of the group and that all compounds decompose according to first-order kinetics.     

Lanthanide tetrasulfophthalocyanines incorporated to SiO2 gels

The sandwich-type lanthanide phthalocyanines, HLn(Pc)₂, are macrocyclic molecules with important optical properties. New routes are proposed to successfully trap soluble substituted phthalocyanines in SiO₂ materials prepared by the sol-gel method. Specifically, the phthalocyanines studied in this work are lanthanide 2, 9, 16, 23–bistetrasulfophthalocyanines, HLn(TSPc)₂, where Ln = Sm, Eu, Dy and Ho, and they were trapped in silica networks. The design routes to trap and bind the macrocycles into the inorganic matrix pore systems are described here. These considerations show that interesting materials with potential applications in electronic, optics and catalysis can be obtained.     

Fluorenyl dendrimer porphyrins: synthesis and photophysical properties

New symmetrical dendrimeric type super-porphyrin bearing sixteen fluorenyl donor groups sixteen fluorenylporphyrin SOFP (1) have been synthesized and characterized. Preliminary photophysical properties are reported; in comparison to the references first generation dendrimer tetrafluorenylporphyrin TOFP (2) bearing four peripheral fluorenyl and second generation dendrimer octafluorenylporphyrin OOFP (3) bearing eight peripheral fluorenyl, the luminescence properties are slightly improved. It is found that the excitation energy transfer occurs from the sixteen fluorenyl units to the porphyrin core, following what the porphyrin emits intense red light.     

Synthesis and photophysical properties of porphyrins with fluorenyl pendant arms

Symmetrical-A₄-porphyrins bearing four fluorene donor moieties TOFP (5,10,15,20-tetra(4-(2 methyloxyfluorenyl)phenyl)porphyrin) as well as eight fluorene arms OOFP (5,10,15,20-octa(3,5-(2-methyloxyfluorenyl)phenyl)porphyrin) were synthesized and characterized. Preliminary photophysical properties are reported. In comparison to the reference tetraphenylporphyrin TPP, the luminescence properties are slightly improved. The fluorescence quantum yields of tetrafluorenylporphyrin TOFP (1) and octafluorenylporphyrin OOFP (2) are 0.10 and 0.13, respectively.     

Improved flow distribution in automotive monolithic converters

The flow distribution in a monolith is significantly improved by shaping the inlet face of the monolith to form a cone or a parabola. The improved flow distribution results in a more efficient catalyst.     

Interactions of dicarboxylic porphyrins with membranes in relation to their ionization state

The interactions of dicarboxylic porphyrins with membrane systems are discussed with particular emphasis on the effect of the charge of the porphyrin and the nature of the side-chains. The incorporation of hematoporphyrin or related dicarboxylic porphyrins within small unilamellar vesicles as membrane models is favored by a decrease of the pH in the range of physiological pH values. This effect might play an important role in the retention of porphyrins by tumors, which are more acidic than normal tissues. Kinetics studies also show that the partition of the porphyrin between the lipidic bilayer and the aqueous phase is governed by its release rate rather than by its incorporation rate.     

Pyridyl-substituted porphyrins on palladium nanoparticles

The influence of tetrapyridylporphyrins on agglomeration and solubility of palladium nanoparticles is tested. The comparison between 3-pyridyl- and 4-pyridyl-substituted porphyrins enables to distinguish between central and peripheric binding mode.     

Polymer-supported synthesis of mono-substituted porphyrins

Anchoring of substituted benzaldehydes to soluble and insoluble polymers allows for the synthesis of mono-substituted tetraarylporphyrins without the production of di-, tri-, and tetra-substituted porphyrin side products. The exclusion of the aforementioned side products during the synthesis of mono-substituted tetraarylporphyrin acids greatly reduced the complexity during purification of the product.     

SiO2-PEG凝胶体系织构特性的研究

采用溶胶-凝胶法,以正硅酸乙酯(TEOS)为前驱体,以不同分子量的聚乙二醇(PEG)为改性剂,制备结构可控的多孔SiO₂干凝胶.结果表明:PEG限制了TEOS的水解反应,进而对溶胶粒子的表面进行修饰,形成“粒子团-PEG”聚集体及短程有序的环状网络结构,由此对SiO₂干凝胶的结构性质进行调控.经真空热处理后,PEG等有机残留物被脱除的同时,SiO₂-PEG干凝胶柔性骨架得到加强,孔分布更趋集中,干凝胶结构的热稳定性得到进一步提高.     

Influence of isomerism on the chromatographic behaviour of porphyrins

Summary The chromatographic behaviour of some porphyrins and their complexes with zinc has been studied by HPLC on 150×3.9 mm and 300×3.9 mm columns packed with Nova-Pak C₁₈ and μ-Bondapak C₁₈, respectively, and on a microcolumn (64×2 mm) packed with Nucleosil C₁₈. The effect of the nature and the arrangement of side substituents in the porphyrin molecules on retention is considered. It is demonstrated that HPLC can be used for the separation ofcis-andtrans-isomers (atropisomers) of the zinc complex of 5,15-di(phenyl-2-CH₃O)-3,7,13,17-tetramethyl-2,8,12,18-tetrabutylporphyrin and other porphyrins with a similar structure. The efficiency of separation has been compared on different columns.     

三联噻吩衍生物功能化SiO2反蛋白石光子晶体荧光薄膜的制备及应用

将单分散聚苯乙烯微球乳液与SiO₂溶胶均匀混合后, 于恒温恒湿条件下, 竖直沉积共组装制备得到蛋白石型光子晶体薄膜, 然后利用牺牲模板法制得SiO₂反蛋白石光子晶体薄膜. 该薄膜依次经过浓硫酸与过氧化氢混合液、 3-氨丙基三甲氧基硅烷的甲苯溶液、 三联噻吩的三氯甲烷溶液和硼氢化钠的甲醇溶液处理后, 得到三联噻吩衍生物功能化的SiO₂反蛋白石光子晶体. 结果表明, 制备得到的光子晶体薄膜在512 nm处有荧光发射, 经紫外辐射后荧光猝灭, 甲醛气氛下458 nm处又出现新的荧光发射峰. 在甲醛气氛下20 s即可观察到荧光发射, 空气氛围下可恢复, 10次循环仍可保持强的荧光发射, 可重复性良好. 以无反蛋白石光子晶体结构的三联噻吩衍生物的平滑膜与甲醛作用的体系作为参比, 以330和400 nm聚苯乙烯微球为模板制备的三联噻吩功能化反蛋白石光子晶体, 在甲醛气氛中发射的荧光分别增强47.5和78.6倍. 这是由于光子晶体光子禁带的红带边和蓝带边与荧光发射波长相重叠, 产生了慢光子效应, 极大地增强了发射的荧光强度.     

Application of porphyrins in flow-injection analysis: A review

Porphyrins and metalloporphyrins fulfil a very important role in the metabolism of living organisms through biological pigments or biochromes and are therefore also employed in numerous applications in analytical chemistry. In flow-injection analysis the role of porphyrins and metalloporphyrins are centered as either that of analyte or that of a reagent or modifier in the determination of other species. This paper covers the attributes of porphyrin and metallophorphyrin complexes as enhancements in chemical analysis in flow-injection systems and points out the advantages and disadvantages in the implementation thereof.     

An ultrasonic wave-assisted synthesis of meso-amidinophenyl substituted porphyrins

With the aid of an ultrasonic irradiation, meso-amidinophenyl substituted porphyrins were prepared by the reaction of lithium amide and meso-cyanophenyl porphyrins. This approach can give the derivatized porphyrins in very high yields and very short reaction times as compared to the conventional thermal method.     

Reduced N-methyl-pyridylethynyl porphyrins exhibit strong near-IR absorptions

Porphines bearing two N-methyl-4-pyridylethynyl substituent reversibly undergo two one-electron reductions at room temperature. The anion radicals and di-anions show diminished visible bands (450 nm and 600–700 nm) and intense absorptions in the 800-nm and 1100-nm region, respectively. Some of the near-IR bands have extinction coefficients greater than 1.5 × 10⁵ M⁻¹ cm⁻¹.     

Solvent effects in molecular complexes of porphyrins and metalloporphyrins

The apparent stability constants for porphyrin and metalloporphyrin complexes with an electron acceptor have been determined in mixed solvents. The variation of the apparent stability with solvent composition is evaluated in terms of solvation of the complex and reactant species and in terms of the exclusion of the solvent from the solvation sheath of the reactants, according to the equilibrium AS _a +DS _b =CS _x +yS.     

Covalently linked heterofullerene-porphyrin conjugates; new model systems for long-lived intramolecular charge separation

Attaching tetraphenyl porphyrins, with peripheral acetyl or malonate groups, to C₅₉N leads to the first covalently linked heterofullerene-porphyrin conjugates that exhibit long-lived intramolecular charge separation.     

Preparation, characterization and testing of nickel on alumina monolithic catalysts

A series of Ni on alumina washcoated monoliths has been prepared and characterized. The selective liquid-phase hydrogenation of benzaldehyde to benzyl alcohol in a Berty reactor has been used as a test reaction.     

Short monolithic beds: history and introduction to the field

The history of the development of short monolithic beds is described.     

Selective hydrogenation of styrene/1-octene mixtures over a monolithic Pd catalyst

Mixtures of styrene and 1-octene in toluene were hydrogenated over a monolithic Pd catalyst in the three-phase regime. Styrene was preferably hydrogenated to ethylbenzene, while a major part of the initial quantity of 1-octene was isomerized to internal olefins. Formation of alkylcyclohexanes was negligible. Observed rates of styrene hydrogenation were high compared to the values listed in literature.     

Timolol transport from microemulsions trapped in HEMA gels

Approximately 90% of all ophthalmic drug formulations are now applied as eye-drops. While eye-drops are convenient and well accepted by patients, about 95% of the drug contained in the drops is lost due to absorption through the conjunctiva or through the tear drainage. A major fraction of the drug eventually enters the blood stream and may cause side effects [J.C. Lang, Adv. Drug Delivery Rev. 16 (1995) 39-43; C. Bourlais, L. Acar, H. Zia, P.A. Sado, T. Needham, R. Leverge, Prog. Retinal Eye Res. 17 (1998) 33-58; M.P. Segal, FDA Consumer Mag. (1991)]. The drug loss and the side effects can be minimized by using microemulsion-laden soft contact lenses for ophthalmic drug delivery [D. Gulsen, A. Chauhan, Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 45 (2004) 2342-2347; D. Gulsen, A. Chauhan, Abstr. Pap. Am. Chem. Soc. 227 (2004) U875]. In order for microemulsion-laden gels to be effective, these should load sufficient quantities of drug and should release it a controlled manner. The presence of a tightly packed surfactant at the oil-water interface of microemulsions may provide barrier to drug transport, and this could be used to control the drug delivery rates. In this paper we focus on trapping ethyl butyrate in water microemulsions stabilized by Pluronic F127 surfactant in 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) gels and measuring the transport rates of timolol, which is a beta-blocker drug that is used for treating a variety of diseases including glaucoma. The results described here show that microemulsion-laden gels could have high drug loadings, particularly for drugs such as timolol base which can either be dissolved in the oil phase or form the oil phase of the microemulsions. However, the surfactant covered interface of the Pluronic microemulsions does not provide sufficient barrier to impede the transport of timolol, perhaps due to the small size of this drug.