Oxidative degradation of porphyrins and metalloporphyrins under polythermal conditions

Influence of structure on the thermal properties of a large group of natural and synthetic porphyrins (H₂P) and metalloporphyrins (MP) was analyzed on the ground of thermogravimetric studies. The initial stage of thermal degradation of “classical” porphyrin containing a flat or pseudo-planar macrocycle is a result of oxidative degradation of the macrocyclic structure with the formation of linear tetrapyrrols. The negative effect on the thermal stability of porphyrins exerts the violation of the planar structure of the macrocycle, and the presence of bulky alkyl and polar pseudoalkyl substituents. In many cases, the general trend in the decrease in the stability of metalloporphyrins (MP) in comparison with the corresponding H₂P is a consequence of intramolecular metal ↔ ligand redox processes.     

In situ physical or covalent trapping of phthalocyanine macrocycles within porous silica networks

An effective way of trapping phthalocyanines inside porous silica has been achieved when an aqueous solution of these macrocyclic species is reacted in situ with silicon alkoxide. The resultant porous gel network can encapsulate a myriad of metal phthalocyanine molecules at relatively high concentrations and, most importantly, in a disaggregated way. By employing this method metal sulfophthalocyanines of Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Al, Eu or Sm can be encapsulated within SiO₂ xerogels. Here, the chemical entrapment of phthalocyanines inside silica gel pore networks is accomplished by the attachment of bifunctional groups to the walls of these substrates; while one of these moieties is directly linked to the macrocycle end groups, the other one is covalently bonded to the silanol groups resting on the SiO₂ walls. Furthermore, when the proper concentrations of phthalocyanine species, H₂O, silicon alkoxide, and HCl are reacted together, it is possible to obtain monolithic translucent silica xerogels. This latter property provides straightforward evidence of the innate fluorescence of the trapped macrocycles. The average size of the cavities encapsulating the macrocyclic molecules range from 2.0 to 3.6 nm; the precise size depends on the cation present in the complex and on the identity and position of the substituent groups at the periphery of the macrocycle. When the silica network is prepared from standard and/or organo-substituted alkoxides, the aggregation, degradation or stability of the macrocyclic species trapped in silica cavities depends on the nature of the alkyl group attached to the pore walls.     

Photophysical Properties of Eu(III) Center Covalently Immobilized in Si-O-B and Si-O-Ti Composite Gels

In this paper, the functionalized monomer (TFAASi) behaves as a linkage to be immobilized into inorganic composite host gels through covalent bonds. Subsequently two kinds of Eu-centered chemically bonded hybrid gels (Eu-TFAA-Si-O-Ti, Eu-TFAA-Si-O-B) with composite hosts have been prepared and characterized. The covalently bonded Si-O-B hybrid gel presents stronger red/orange intensity ratio, longer lifetimes and higher quantum efficiency than covalently bonded Si-O-Ti one, suggesting that SiO₂-B₂O₃ composite gel is more suitable for the emissions of Eu³⁺ than SiO₂-TiO₂ composite gels.     

Highly substituted 2,3,7,8,12,13,17,18-octaethylporphyrins with meso aryl residues

Highly substituted porphyrin-bearing meso aryl groups are useful compounds for optical applications and for studies on the interrelationship between the substituent pattern, macrocycle conformation and physical properties. They serve as biomimetic models for the function of tetrapyrroles in nature and help to elucidate modulation of cofactor properties through conformational effects. Using a sequence of lithium organic substitution reactions the synthesis of novel free base 5,10-A₂- and 5,10-AB-2,3,7,8,12,13,17,18-octaethylporphyrins bearing donating groups such as -OMe and -NMe₂ on the aryl-substituent was achieved. Larger aromatic residues (1-naphthyl, 9-anthracenyl and 9-phenanthrenyl) could be introduced into the macrocycle system as well, and these systems were used for the preparation of highly substituted porphyrins with a mixed substituent pattern. Using phenanthrenyl derivatives, the complete series of meso phenanthrenyl substituted octaethylporphyrins was successfully synthesized and the palladium complexes were prepared for photophysical investigations. Structural studies clearly showed the influence of individual substituents on the conformation of the tetrapyrrole macrocycle and conformational analyses revealed the variation of the underlying distortion modes depending on the type and arrangement of the meso substituents.     

Coordination compounds of cobalt porphyrins with nitrogen monoxide

Complex formation of NO and the NO ₂ ⁻ ion with cobalt porphyrins bearing various substituents in the porphyrin macrocycle, viz., tetraphenylporphine (1), β-octabromo-meso-tetraphenylporphyrin (2), protoporphyrin IX (3), and 5,10,15,20-tetra(4N-carboxymethylene-pyridyl)porphyrin tetrabromide (4), was studied. The stability constants of the nitrosyl and nitrite extracomplexes in water and in ethanol were determined. Porphyrin 4 forms the most stable extracomplexes. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 4, pp. 715–718, April, 2007.     

Immobilization of porphyrins in poly(hydroxymethylsiloxane)

Three tetracationic porphyrins differing in the position of charged nitrogen atoms on the peripheral substituents — 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(N-methylpyridinium-4-yl)porphyrin (TMPyP4), 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(N-methylpyridinium-2-yl)porphyrin (TMPyP2), 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-trimethylammoniophenyl) porphyrin (TMAPP), and hydrophobic 5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphyrin (TPP), were immobilized by adsorption and encapsulation in poly(hydroxymethylsiloxane) (PHOMS). The so prepared porphyrin-PHOMS composites were characterized by porosimetry, scanning electron microscopy, fluorescence and diffuse reflectance UV-VIS spectroscopy. It was found that porphyrins are immobilized in the PHOMS matrix in the free base monomer form Their irradiation produced singlet oxygen O₂(¹Δ_g) with the lifetime of 10–30 μs.     

Porphyrins incorporated to SiO<Subscript>2</Subscript> gels as fluorescent materials and efficient catalysts in biomimetic photocatalytic systems

Two types of porphyrins (water-soluble and water-insoluble) were encapsulated in transparent monolithic silica gels. Their properties in solutions and at various steps of the sol–gel process were studied by absorption and emission electron spectroscopy. A photocatalytic system containing porphyrins immobilized in powdered silica gel for α-pinene biomimetic oxidation to pinocarveol, pinocarvone and myrtenol is reported. The impact of several parameters (visible light irradiation time, organic solvent, the presence of an electron acceptor/donor, and substrate concentration) on this biotransformation process was investigated and optimized. It was established that photochemical excitation of sol–gel immobilized metal-free porphyrins is crucial for catalyzed oxidation of monoterpenes.     

Photophysical investigation of neutral and diprotonated free-base bis(arylethynyl)porphyrins

The photophysical properties for a series of free-base arylethynyl porphyrins and the corresponding trans-disubstituted tetraphenylporphyrin (H(2)TPP) derivatives lacking arylethynyl functionalities have been studied via electronic absorption and emission spectroscopy in both neutral and diacid forms. Enhanced substituent effects on porphyrin absorption spectra are observed in the arylethynyl porphyrins relative to the H(2)TPP derivatives, owing to the presence of the ethynyl spacer that allows for a coplanar geometry between the porphyrin macrocycle and the appended phenyl substituents. Upon protonation, both series of porphyrins exhibit substantially red shifted absorption and emission spectra and enhanced oscillator strengths, with the magnitude of the spectral shifts being more substantial in the presence of the ethynyl functionalities. Spectral features of the arylethynyl porphyrin bearing p-dimethylamino substituents closely resemble those previously classified as "hyperporphyrin spectra" and are indicative of excited-state charge-transfer character. Protonation of both series of porphyrins results in reduced fluorescence lifetimes and enhanced nonradiative decay rates, and the impact of protonation on these parameters is attenuated in the presence of the arylethynyl functionalities. Our results coupled with previous structural data showing that arylethynyl porphyrins exhibit less structural distortion upon diacid formation relative to H(2)TPP further substantiate the proposal that significant alteration of porphyrin photophysical properties upon diacid formation can be attributed to nonplanar structural distortions induced by protonation.     

Kinetics of the formation and dissociation of complexes of cobalt(II) with <Emphasis Type="Italic">meso</Emphasis>-Phenylocta(methyl)porphyrin derivatives in organic solvents

The influence of the deformation of the tetrapyrrole aromatic macrocycle and the electronic effects of substituents on the kinetic parameters in the formation and dissociation reactions of cobalt complexes of porphyrins are discussed on the basis of a study of the kinetics of the formation and dissociation of cobalt complexes with meso-phenyl octa(methyl)porphyrin derivatives: 5,10,15-triphehyl octa(methyl) porphyrin; 5,15-bis-(3′,5′-di-tert-butyl phenyl) octa(methyl)porphyrin; 5,10,15-tris-(3′,5′-di-tert-butyl phenyl) octa(methyl)porphyrin; and 5,10,15,20-tetrakis-(3′,5′-di-tert-butyl phenyl) octa(methyl)porphyrin in acetic acid and pyridine.     

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.     

Expanded porphyrins as third order non-linear optical materials: Some structure-function correlations

In this paper, the non-linear optical properties of representative core-modified expanded porphyrins have been investigated with an emphasis on the structure-property relationship between the aromaticity and conformational behaviour. It has been shown that the measured two-photon absorption cross section (σ ²) values depend on the structure of macrocycle, its aromaticity and the number of π-electrons in conjugation.     

Synthesis of meso-furyl porphyrins with N4, N3S, N2S2 and N3O porphyrin cores

A series of meso-furyl porphyrins with four different porphyrin cores (N₄, N₃S, N₂S₂ and N₃O) were synthesized and characterized. The comparison of NMR, optical and fluorescence properties of meso-furyl porphyrins with porphyrins with six-membered aryl groups indicates that electronic properties of porphyrins were changed drastically on the introduction of furyl groups at meso positions. The maximum shifts in spectral bands were observed for meso-furyl porphyrins with N₂S₂ core. On protonation, the absorption bands of meso-furyl porphyrins were further red shifted. All these changes were ascribed to the possibility of more planarity of the meso-furyl porphyrins due to the small size of the furyl groups which results in extending the π-delocalisation of the porphyrin ring in to the furyl groups.     

三氟乙酸和三氟化硼乙醚在硫杂卟啉合成中的应用

利用三氟乙酸和三氟化硼乙醚在醇羟基与吡咯反应中的催化活性差异, 使非对称取代噻吩双醇中的羟基选择性地与吡咯反应, 得到单吡咯或双吡咯中间体. 这些中间体经进一步的环化反应, 得到一系列21,23-二硫杂卟啉衍生物, 并通过核磁共振氢谱、质谱、紫外-可见光谱和荧光光谱对其结构进行了表征.     

Acid–base and coordination properties of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Meso</Emphasis>-substituted porphyrins in nonaqueous solutions

Acid–base and coordination properties of alkyl and aryl meso-substituted porphyrins are studied spectrophotometrically in nonaqueous solutions. It is found that the nature of the substituent greatly affects the basicity of ligands for porphyrins characterized by a flat structure of macrocycle. The electronic effects of substituents have a much weaker influence on the kinetics of complexing. These effects could be due to the opposite orientation of some factors: an increase in the basicity and stability of the N–H bonds of porphyrin reaction centers. Dissociation constants pK _b of the cationic forms of meso-substituted derivatives of porphyrin are measured. The values of pK _b are in good agreement with classic concepts of the nature of substituents, particularly those indirectly included in the macrocycle through phenyl buffer rings.     

Synthesis of 5,10,15,20-tetra[3-(o- andm-carboranyl)butyl]porphyrins containing the C−B σ-bond

5,10,15,20-Tetra[3-(o- andm-carboranyl)butyl]porphyrins containing carborane groups bonded to alkyl substituents of the porphyrin cycle by the C−B σ-bond were obtained by condensation of 4-(o- andm-carboran-9-yl)pentanals with pyrrole. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 2, pp. 347–349, February, 1998.     

Strongly fluorescent dipyrrinones. Internal quenching

Yellow N,N′-carbonyl-bridged dipyrrinones can generally be prepared from dipyrrinones simply by reaction with N,N′-carbonyldiimidazole in the presence of a strong, non-nucleophilic base. They are typically intensely fluorescent, with fluorescent quantum yields approaching 1.0. In an effort to shift the excitation wavelength, and thus the fluorescence emissions, strongly to the red, we prepared bridged dipyrrinones conjugated with thiobarbituric acid and Meldrum’s acid substituents at C-9. Such conjugation causes the dipyrrinones to have a magenta color (absorption wavelength shifted from ∼400 nm of a typical dipyrrinone to ∼550 nm of the dipyrrinone conjugate). For comparison, we also prepared analogs with formyl, carboxyl, acrylate, and acetyl substituents at C-9. Unexpectedly and uniquely, the 9-CHO substituent caused the fluorescence quantum yield to drop to ∼10⁻³ while carboethoxy substituent exerted only a minor influence.     

Inorganic Clusters in Organic Polymers and the Use of Polyfunctional Inorganic Compounds as Polymerization Initiators

Summary.   Silicon oxide or metal oxide clusters or small particles with polymerizable organic groups covalently bonded to their surface can be copolymerized with organic monomers by various polymerization techniques. Whereas the preparation and properties of the polymers reinforced by R ₈Si₈O₁₂ have already been well investigated, analogous materials with incorporated transition metal oxide clusters are only beginning to show their potential as an interesting new class of inorganic-organic hybrid polymers. In the second part of the article, approaches are reviewed in which the inorganic building block serves as an initiator for polymerization reactions. This results in materials in which the organic polymer is grafted from an inorganic core. Most work has been done with surface-modified silica particles. Free radical polymerizations and atom transfer radical polymerizations with macroinitiators are summarized. The latter method results in polymeric particles in which an inorganic core is surrounded by an organic polymer shell. A new approach is the use of polyfunctional inorganic molecules or molecular clusters as initiators. Received July 28, 2000. Accepted August 7, 2000     

Highly Porous Silica Monoliths from Ethyl (L)-Lactate Modified Silanes

Summary. A new type of silica precursor was synthesized by (trans)alkoxylation of alkoxy- and chlorosilanes with ethyl (L)-lactate. This novel ethyl lactate modified silane was hydrolyzed and condensed in the presence of a non-ionic surfactant – poly(ethylene oxide)–poly(propylene oxide)–poly(ethylene oxide) triblock copolymer (P123) – to give monolithic silica gels. The wet gels were dried using two different drying techniques resulting in crack-free monoliths: a) supercritical drying with CO₂ to yield a porous inorganic material and b) surface silylation with trimethylchlorosilane to yield an inorganic–organic nanocomposite material. The obtained porous gels were characterized by different techniques including thermal analysis, nitrogen sorption, and electron microscopy (TEM, SEM).     

Complexation of Zn Arylporphyrinates with Leucine Methyl Ester

Extra coordination of L-leucine methyl ester with seventeen different Zn arylporphyrinates is studied by spectrophotometric titration and capability of Zn porphyrinates with the active OH groups to recognize LeiOCH₃ in toluene at 20°C is determined. The formation of associates of the composition amino acid ether–porphyrinate depending on the substituent positions in a macrocycle is studied by the ¹H NMR method. The most strong donor–acceptor bonds between Zn porphyrinate and LeiOCH₃ are observed in the case of pyridine-substituted porphyrins and porphyrins with phenyl rings containing electron-donor substituents in the m-position. The best recognizing capabilities with respect to leucine are shown by Zn porphyrinates with di- and tetra-4-OH-phenyl substitution in the meso-positions of a macrocycle.     

Synthesis of maleimide substituted polystyrene–silica hybrid utilizing michael addition reaction

The transparent polymer hybrids were prepared from polystyrene bearing pendant maleimide moieties (16%) and tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) using γ-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (γ-APS) as a crosslinking agent by an in situ sol–gel process by utilizing Michael-addition reaction. Maleimide substituted polystyrene was synthesized by a mild Friedel-Crafts reaction of polystyrene and N-chloromethylmaleimide. Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectral data confirms the occurrence of Michael-addition reaction between the pendant maleimide moieties of the styrene copolymer and γ-aminopropyltriethoxysilane. The percentage of maleimide substitution was calculated from ¹H NMR spectrum. The transparent hybrid shows high solvent resistance at the boiling point of Tetrahydrofuran (THF) since the polystyrene-substituted-maleimide (PS-s-MA) was covalently bonded with siloxane matrix. Thermal properties of the transparent hybrid materials were investigated by Differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) and Thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA) in order to ascertain their glass transition temperature (Tg) and thermal stability behaviour. Morphology and transparency of the organic–inorganic hybrids were confirmed by Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and optical images. The homogeneity of the polymer hybrids was also examined by nitrogen porosimetry studies.