TRANSFER OF EXCITATION ENERGY BETWEEN PORPHYRIN CENTERS OF A COVALENTLY-LINKED DIMER*

Abstract— Three covalently-linked porphyrin hybrid dimers were synthesized, each containing a metallotetraarylporphyrin [Zn(II), Cu(II), or Ni(II)], and a free base tetraarylporphyrin. Transfer of singlet excitation energy from the metalloporphyrin center to the free base porphyrin center was determined by measuring fluorescence properties. The Zn hybrid dimer displayed excellent intramolecular transfer of energy ( 85%) from the excited singlet state of the Zn(II) chromophore to the free base chromophore. No evidence for such transfer of the excited singlet state energy was found in the Ni(II) or Cu(II) analogues. From our experimental data, the fluorescence quantum yield of the Zn hybrid dimer was the same as for the free base monomer porphyrin (0.11; Seybold and Gouterman, 1969). Thus, the covalent attachment of another fluorescent porphyrin center effectively doubled the antenna size without decreasing the quantum yield even though the fluorescence quantum yield of the Zn(II) containing monomer was substantially less (0.03, according to Seybold and Gouterman, 1969) than that of the free base porphyrin. The donor-acceptor distance and the rate constant for energy transfer were calculated using the Forster equation. Assuming random orientation, a donor-acceptor distance of 15 Å was calculated with an associated rate constant (k_ci) for energy transfer of 1.9 ± 10₉ s_–1.     

氨基酸桥联新型手性锌双卟啉配合物的合成与表征

生命系统中的金属卟啉生物大分子在卟啉的Ｓｏｒｅｔ带均表现出诱导圆二色性（ＩｎｄｕｃｅｄＦｉｇ．１Ｓｔｒｕｃｔｕｒｅｏｆａｍｉｎｏａｃｉｄｂｒｉｄｇｅｄｚｉｎｃｐｏｒ┐ｐｈｙｒｉｎｄｉｍｅｒＯ,Ｏ┐Ｃ２┐ＡＡ┐Ｃ２┐（ＴＰＰ）２Ｚｎ２Ｒ＝Ｂｎ,ＡＡ＝Ｐ...     

双卟啉化合物的构象平衡及π-π作用研究

制备并表征了一系列以柔韧烷氧化相连的自由双卟啉及其锌配合物,以＾１Ｈ－ＮＭＲ考察了烷氧链长度及锌离子对双卟啉构象平衡的影响。结果表明,双卟啉存在开放式及闭合式构象平衡,随烷氧链的增长,构象平衡由开放式向闭合式移动,当链上碳原子数为４时最有利于双卟啉形成闭合式构象。     

Synthesis of Linear Amphipathic Porphyrin Dimers and Trimers: An Approach to Bilayer Lipid Membrane Spanning Porphyrin Arrays

A modular building-block approach has been developed for the construction of linear amphipathic porphyrin arrays. The reaction of meso-(trifluoromethyl)dipyrromethane and an aldehyde under the conditions of the two-step room temperature porphyrin synthesis affords the trans-substituted porphyrin (13-56% yields). A similar reaction with two different aldehydes provides access to porphyrins bearing two different functional groups. An ethyne porphyrin and an iodo porphyrin (either free base or zinc) are selectively joined via Pd(0)-catalyzed coupling reactions, affording a linear array with porphyrins in defined metalation states. Coupling of a zinc-porphyrin bearing iodo and ester groups with a free base porphyrin bearing ethyne and ester groups yielded the zinc-free base porphyrin dimer. Coupling of a bis-ethyne porphyrin with a porphyrin bearing iodo and ester groups afforded the porphyrin trimer. Cleavage of the esters yielded the amphipathic porphyrin dimer and trimer arrays. The arrays with adjacent zinc and free base porphyrins undergo efficient electronic energy transfer. Both amphipathic porphyrin arrays have been incorporated into L-alpha-phosphatidylcholine vesicles. This versatile synthetic strategy provides access to a family of porphyrin arrays for studies of photophysical processes in supramolecular assemblies.     

Photochemical and electrochemical properties of porphyrin dimers containing an anhydride spacer

A study on thermogravimetric analyses, surface photovoltage (SPV), electron paramagnetic resonance and electrochemical properties comparing a porphyrin dimer with that of corresponding monomer was presented. The SPV intensity is weaker than that corresponding monomer, and with field-induced surface photovoltage spectroscopy (FISPS) reveal that all the compounds are p-type semiconductors. The spectral bands of all the porphyrins corresponded to π → π* transitions. Electrons (or holes) can be trapped on the porphyrins by applying both light and negative (or positive) electric field. The electrochemistry and EPR of the porphyrins show clearly that a π–π interaction existed between the two macrocycles of the dimer.     

Control over the oxidative reactivity of metalloporphyrins. Efficient electrosynthesis of meso,meso-linked zinc porphyrin dimer

The electrochemical oxidation of zinc(II) 5,15-p-ditolyl-10-phenylporphyrin at its first oxidation potential leads to the formation of the corresponding meso-meso porphyrin dimer as the main product. The number of electrons abstracted, the addition of the hindered base 2,6-lutidine as well as operating in DMF, instead of a CH(2)Cl(2)/CH(3)CN mixture are the key parameters to obtain high yields of the desired coupling product. Indeed, when the electrolyses are carried out in the CH(2)Cl(2)/CH(3)CN mixture, the unexpected zinc(II) 5-chloro-10,20-p-ditolyl-15-phenyl porphyrin is produced as a by-product, the chlorine atom originating from the CH(2)Cl(2) solvent. The monomer and the dimer are characterised by electrochemical analysis. The signature of the dimer is clearly distinguished on the cyclic voltammogram of the monomer on condition of the prior addition of 2,6-lutidine as a hindered base, indicating that the dimerisation process is thus strongly accelerated. Besides, unprecedented X-ray crystallographic structures of the monomer and the meso-meso dimer are presented and their respective structural parameters are compared.     

L-谷氨酸桥连的卟啉二联体配体及其铜配合物的合成、表征和性质研究

合成了未见报道的L-谷氨酸桥连的卟啉二联体配体及其铜的金属配合物, 并用红外光谱, 电子吸收光谱, 核磁氢谱, 元素分析和质谱等对化合物的结构加以确认, 研究了配体和金属配合物的CD, 拉曼光谱和荧光光谱的变化. 结果显示在配体中没有出现劈裂的Cotton效应, 而铜配合物中出现了劈裂的正负Cotton效应, 配体的荧光强度强于铜配合物的荧光强度, 在拉曼光谱中, 由于卟啉分子平面的对称性由D_2h变为D_4h群及其铜离子d轨道的电子效应, 在卟啉配体和铜配合物之间的拉曼光谱有很大差别.     

An insight into a novel class of self-assembled porphyrins: geometric structure, electronic structure, one- and two-photon absorption properties

We have theoretically investigated a series of butadiyne-linked porphyrin derivatives that exhibit large two-photon absorption (TPA) cross sections in the visible-IR range. The electronic structure, one-photon absorption (OPA), and TPA properties have been studied in detail. We found that the introduction of a butadiyne linkage and the increase of the molecular dimensionality from monomer to dimer determine the OPA intensities of Q band and Soret band, respectively. A most important role for the enhancement of the TPA cross section is played by introducing a butadiyne bridge. The complementary coordination and the combination of the terminal free base and the core zinc porphyrin are also two effective factors for the enhancement of the TPA efficiency. The dimer with two porphyrins linked at meso-positions by a butadiyne linkage results in a maximum TPA cross section (79.35 x 10(-48) cm4 s per photon). Our theoretical findings are consistent with the recent experimental observations. This series of porphyrin derivatives as promising TPA materials are the subject of further investigation.     

Aggregation behavior of tetrakis(4-sulfonatophenyl)porphyrin in AOT/water/decane microemulsions

AOT/water/decane microemulsions have been used to entrap the water-soluble 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-sulfonatophenyl)porphyrin (TPPS4). Quasi-elastic light scattering technique has confirmed the confinement of the porphyrin and its various aggregates into the inner water pool. Various species have been detected as function of the size of the microemulsions, concentration of the porphyrin, pH, and aging of the solutions by using a combination of UV-vis absorption, steady fluorescence emission, fluorescence lifetime measurements, and time-resolved fluorescence anisotropy. Under neutral pH conditions, the porphyrin is present as the free base monomer (S414) in the inner water compartment, and it is free to rotate when the size of the droplet is large enough and the porphyrin concentration is low. On increasing the concentration and/or decreasing the microemulsion size, a H-dimer of the free base (S406) is prevalently formed. Aging both the S414 and S406 species leads to the formation of a new species (S424), which has been postulated as a H-type dimer of the diacid porphyrin. On decreasing the pH, the species S414 and S406 almost instantaneously convert into the diacid porphyrin, which is monomeric (S434). This latter is an intermediate in the eventual formation of J-aggregated TPPS4 (S490). A marked stability has been observed for the S424 species, which do not interconvert on changing the pH of the bulk aqueous phase.     

苯环上取代基的性质对双卟啉分子内能量转移的影响

金属卟啉在光合作用中起重要作用,合成其聚合物并作为光合作用模拟体系研究其能量转移和电子转移过程,已成为化学领域的重要研究课题之一.用于光合作用活性中心模拟体的金属卟啉聚合物种类很多,本文参考Little方法合成2种未见报道的苯环上分别带推电子和拉电子取代基和以柔韧碳氢链相连的中位双卟啉p-ZnTPP/p-H_2TMPP和p-ZnTPP/p-H_2TCPP(图1),探索了取     

Photophysical properties of a C6 hydrocarbon linked porphyrin dimer

The synthesis and characterisation of a C₆ hydrocarbon linked porphyrin dimer and its zinc complex is described. From fluorescence quantum yields and excited singlet and triplet state lifetimes, recorded for the dimers and the corresponding monomer species, it is suggested that the dimeric porphyrins exist in solution in open and closed conformations. The open conformations retain photophysical properties similar to those of the relevant monomeric species but the closed conformations do not fluoresce.     

Precise synthesis of porphyrin array scaffolding polyisocyanides

Aryl isocyanides bearing free‐base and metallo‐porphyrins were prepared and polymerized with a Pd–Pt μ‐ethynediyl complex as the initiator to give polymers with narrow polydispersity indices. The molecular weights of the resulting polymers were precisely controlled by the initial feed ratio of the porphyrin monomer to the initiator. The UV–VIS spectra suggested that the porphyrin pendants are regularly arranged to form stacked columns. Metallo‐porphyrin polymers were also prepared by reacting free‐base porphyrin polymers with metal salts. The successive reactions of free‐base and zinc‐porphyrin monomers resulted in the formation of diblock polymers. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 44: 585–595, 2006     

5-氟尿嘧啶卟啉锰/锌配合物的合成、光电性质及抗癌活性

合成了新型5-氟尿嘧啶修饰的自由卟啉5-(2-(5-氟尿嘧啶-3-基)乙氧基苯基)-10,15,20-三苯基卟啉(L)及其锰配合物(MnL)和锌配合物(ZnL)。通过紫外-可见光谱、红外光谱、核磁共振氢谱及高分辨质谱等手段进行了结构表征。研究了它们的荧光性质和电化学性质;应用标准磺酰罗丹明B法(SRB法)测试了目标化合物对人肺癌细胞株A549、人肝癌细胞株Bel-7402和人结肠癌细胞株HCT-8生长的抑制活性。结果表明:相同实验条件下,不同金属离子对配合物的荧光强度存在较大影响:锌配合物具有荧光猝灭的性质,而锰配合物未能观察到明显的荧光发射光谱;与自由卟啉和锌配合物相比,锰配合物除卟啉环发生氧化还原反应外,Mn~(2+)自身也发生了氧化还原反应;抗癌活性测试显示锰配合物较其他2种化合物有较好的抗癌活性。     

一种新型的平面共轭的酞菁卟啉二联体的合成及光谱研究(英文)

5,10,15,20-四(4-氯苯基)-2′,3′-二氰基[2,3-β]卟啉和4,5-二(丁烷氧基)邻二氰基苯在锂存在的条件下在正戊醇中回流四聚,然后用醋酸处理得到了一种新型的平面共轭酞菁二联体H4{[(DAPc(OC4H9)6][TClPP]}(1)(其中DAPc(OC4H9)6是2,3,9,10,16,17-六(丁烷氧基)-22,25-二氮杂酞菁的二价阴离子,TClPP是5,10,15,20-四(4-氯苯基)卟啉的二价阴离子)。这种二联体和Zn(OAc)2.2H2O在DMF和甲苯混合溶剂中反应得到双金属配合物Zn2{[(DAPc(OC4H9)6][(TClPP)]}(2)。质谱和核磁共振光谱等一系列的表征方法证明了这种双核的混杂四吡咯结构。电子吸收光谱和磁圆二色谱证明了酞菁发色团和卟啉发色团之间存在有效的分子内电子相互作用。这一结论进一步得到了理论计算的支持。     

Dynamic Assemblies and Photophysical Changes of Zinc Porphyrin Dimer Regulated by N-Containing Ligands

Zinc porphyrin dimer （1） has been designed and synthesized as a novel host of N-containing ligands. The assembly behavior and photophysical changes of its host-guest complexes were evaluated by IH NMR, fluorescence, and UV-visible titrations, and the processes reveal that the host-guest assembly first creates a stable sandwich complex, then an axial coordination equilibrium appears between the sandwich complex and free ligand. The changes of absorption spectra of the assembly processes rely on the stabilities of the complexes, and fluorescence quenching depends on the axial coordination equilibrium, which indicates that the axial ligation/de-ligation dynamics is indeed a pathway from the excited state to the ground state for metalloporphyrin complexes.     

Synthesis of a complementary dimer from mono(imidazolyl)-substituted cobalt(II) porphyrin as a new artificial T-form hemoglobin

Mono(imidazolyl)-substituted Co(II) porphyrin dimer with a ‘picket fence’ structure was synthesized as a new artificial hemoglobin model containing two binding sites. The dimer was confirmed by UV-vis, resonance Raman and ESR spectral measurements to bind two dioxygen molecules reversibly. The dioxygen binding affinity of the dimer was lower than that of the corresponding monomer. The decrease in this affinity is discussed in terms of steric hindrance and orientational effect of the axial ligand.     

Design and synthesis of a self-assembled photochemical dyad based on selective imidazole recognition

The unique recognition properties of phenanthroline-strapped zinc porphyrin 1, which displays extremely high affinity for N-unsubstituted imidazoles, has been used as the driving force for the assembly of a photochemical dyad involving a zinc(II) porphyrin as energy donor and a free base porphyrin as energy acceptor. The synthesis of the imidazole-substituted porphyrin is described together with the assembly of the dyad. (1)H NMR titrations confirm the formation of a 1/1 complex between 1 and 6, as well as insertion of the imidazole of the acceptor within the phenanthroline strap of the donor. Preliminary fluorescence quenching measurements show that efficient energy transfer occurs between the self-assembled components.     

Studies on the Toluidine Blue Dimer as a Fluorescence Probe for Protein Assays

Abstract

A spectrofluorometric method was developed for the determination of total serum protein by exploring toluidine blue (TB) as the fluorescence probe. The fluorescence intensity of TB at 648 nm was significantly quenched in the presence of sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate (SDBS) by forming a dimer of the dye, which can afterwards reconvert to monomer when proteins were added accompanied by the recovery of the fluorescence. This might be attributed to the modulated transferring of the dimer‐monomer equilibrium of TB in the anionic surfactant caused by the addition of protein. A linear calibration graph was obtained in the range of 0.5–50 mg/l BSA, with a detection limit of 0.15 mg/l and a RSD of 1.3% (n=11, 5.0 mg/l BSA). Total proteins in human serums were analyzed by using the present procedure and the results agreed well with those obtained by the Biuret method.     

Light-harvesting heptadecameric porphyrin assemblies

New porphyrin assemblies containing 17 porphyrin molecules are constructed by using free base TPP-type porphyrins having eight pyrazine moieties 1. Spectroscopic titration of dimeric [meso-tetrakis(2-carboxy-4-nonylphenyl)porphyrinato]zinc(II) 2 with these porphyrins shows that the processes of the formation of the heptadecameric porphyrin assemblies may be analyzed as eight independent equilibrium processes with an identical binding constant. All binding constants are larger than 5 x 107 M-1 which is the determinable upper limit of the present titration method. In all cases, the fluorescence spectrum of the 1:8 mixture of 1 and 2 consists of the major fluorescence of 1 and the minor one of 2.pyrazine complex even in the presence of the large excess of the antenna pigments. The observed spectra are well reconstructed by the form of faF1 + fbF2, where F1 and F2 are the fluorescence of 1 and the 2.pyrazine complex measured separately at the corresponding concentrations. Interestingly, the general trend that values of fa are nearly equal to those of r564 x (1 - fb) in all cases is found, where r564 is the absorption ratios of the 2.pyrazine moiety and the central free base porphyrin in the assemblies at 564 nm. The observation indicates the excitation of the central porphyrin is directly enhanced by the absorption of the antenna pigments even in such large scale assemblies. Thus, the antenna effect for 1 having largest r564 results in 77 times fluorescence enhancement of the central free base porphyrin. The systems also show interesting dependency of energy-transfer efficiencies on the topological arrangement of the antenna elements.     

Photochromic Properties of β-Cyclodextrin Dimer Linked by Dithienylethene

A fi-cyclodextrin dimer tethered by photoswitchable dithienylethene moieties was synthesized as a potentially tunable receptor. The dimer exhibits pronounced photochromic properties. Irradiation of the dimer in open form with UV light at 254 nm resulted in immediate photocyclization to the pink closed form; the colorless open form could be regenerated by irradiation with visible light of wavelength >460 nm. The reaction kinetics of the forward photoprocess were also studied. To investigate the binding ability of the dimer in open and closed forms, a fluorescence titration was performed. It was found that the stability constant for the binding of TSPP (meso-tetrakis (4-sulfonatophenyl)porphyrin) by the closed form of the dimer is a factor of 5 higher than that of the open form.