Bis-thallium(I) porphyrin complexes

Treatment of octaethylporphyrin ($\text{1}$) or tetraphenylporphyrin ($\text{2}$) with more than two equiv of thallium(I) ethoxide gives the corresponding stable bis[thallium(I)] porphyrin complexes ($\text{5}$) and ($\text{6}$), respectively; these thallium(I) porphyrins are shown to have very different chemical and spectroscopic properties than do the corresponding thallium(III) porphyrin complexes.     

Sunlight‐Driven Formation and Dissociation of a Dynamic Mixed‐Valence Thallium(III)/Thallium(I) Porphyrin Complex

Inspired by a Newton’s cradle device and interested in the development of redox‐controllable bimetallic molecular switches, a mixed‐valence thallium(III)/thallium(I) bis‐strap porphyrin complex, with Tl^III bound out of the plane of the N core and Tl^I hung to a strap on the opposite side, was formed by the addition of TlOAc to the free base and exposure to indirect sunlight. In this process, oxygen photosensitization by the porphyrin allows the oxidation of Tl^I to Tl^III. The bimetallic complex is dynamic as the metals exchange their positions symmetrically to the porphyrin plane with Tl^III funneling through the macrocycle. Further exposure of the complex to direct sunlight leads to thallium dissociation and to total recovery of the free base. Hence, the porphyrin plays a key role at all stages of the cycle of the complex: It hosts two metal ions, and by absorbing light, it allows the formation and dissociation of Tl^III. These results constitute the basis for the further design of innovative light‐driven bimetallic molecular devices.     

Carbon-13 NMR parameters and molecular structure of {2-exo-bicyclo [2.2.1] hept-exo-3-acetato-5-enyl}-5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphinatothallium(III)

The compound {2-exo-bicyclo [2.2.1] hept-exo-3-acetato-5-enyl}-5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphinatothallium (III) has been synthesized and its molecular structure determined. The compound crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2₁, with a 13.112, b 29.193, c 11.249 Å, β 102.17°, Z = 4. The organothallium(III) group is situated above the plane of the porphyrin ring with the thallium atom displaced 0.9 Å from the N₄ plane. The thallium atom and the acetato group are attached cis-exo to the bicyclo [2.2.1] unit. Carbon-13 spectra show shielding effects arising from the porphyrin ring current.     

Synthesis of Calix[6]arene-Porphyrin Receptors and Study on their Catalytic Performance in Epoxidation of Styrene

The artificial receptors with multiple recognition site had been synthesized by linking two unsymmetrical monofunctionalized porphyrin to p-tert-butyl calix[6]-arene via two flexible chain, followed by inserting metal ion into the porphyrin species.The structures (see Fig 1) of these calix[6]arene-diporphyrins and their metal complexes were confirmed by UV-vis spectra, IR spectra, mass spectra, ¹NMR spectra(600 MHz) and/or ¹³C NMR. Their conformations were investigated preliminarily by UV-vis spectra and computer simulation. In constrast with the correspounding porphyrin monomer, the soret bond of calix[6]arene-diporphyrins in UV-vis spectra showed hypsochromic shift. This phenomenon suggested that two porphyrin rings maintain a face to face parallel conformation, as confirmed by computer simulation that showed the conformation energy is the lowest as two porphyrin rings hold such a conformation. Besides, simplicity of the ¹NMR spectra indicates that the conformation of calix[6]arene-diporphyrin possesses high symmetry. Therefore,the calix[6]arene must be cone conformation.     

Photoinduced Electron and Energy Transfer in Dyads of Porphyrin Dimer and Perylene Tetracarboxylic Diimide

Two compounds containing a porphyrin dimer and a perylene tetracarboxylic diimide (PDI) linked by phenyl ( 1 ) or ethylene groups ( 2 ) are prepared. The photophysical properties of these two compounds are investigated by steady state electronic absorption and fluorescence spectra and lifetime measurements. The ground state absorption spectra reveal intense interactions between the porphyrin units within the porphyrin dimer, but no interactions between the porphyirn dimer and PDI. The fluorescence spectra suggest efficient energy transfer from PDI to porphyrin accompanied by less efficient electron transfer from porphyrin to PDI. The energy transfer is not affected by the dimeric structure of porphyrin or the linkage between the porphyrin dimer and PDI. However, the electron transfer from porphyrin to PDI is significantly affected by either the linkage between the donor and the acceptor or the polarity of the solvents. The dimeric structure of the porphyrin units in these compounds significantly promotes electron transfer in nonpolar, but not in polar solvents.     

Highly conjugated multiporphyrins: synthesis, spectroscopic and electrochemical properties

A series of meso-to-meso ethynyl-bridged multiporphyrin arrays have been synthesized using Sonogoshira palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions involving the appropriate ethynylporphyrin and iodoporphyrin precursors. The absorption spectra of these multiporphyrins show splitting of the Soret bands and significant red shifts of the Q bands as compared to the combination of the corresponding components. These conjugated multiporphyrins also show red shifts in their emission spectra as the pi-conjugation is expanded. In the electrochemical measurements, the porphyrins dimer 7 shows two 1 - e- oxidations at E(1/2) = +0.63 and +0.76 V for the first electron abstraction from the two porphyrin rings, indicating electronic communication between the two porphyrin units. The porphyrin trimer 4 exhibits the first and second 1 - e- oxidations at E(1/2) = +0.68 and +0.77 V, respectively, which correspond to the two outer porphyrins. The cyclic voltammogram of pentamer 5 shows two overlapping 1 - e- couples at E(1/2) = +0.56 and +0.66 V, and one 2 - e- couple at E(1/2) = +0.86 V, for the four outer porphyrin units. These results demonstrate that in the porphyrin trimer and pentamer the individual peripheral porphyrin units are electrochemically coupled via a central porphyrin core. The UV-Vis-NIR spectra of the oxidized species of these multiporphyrins exhibit a broad intervalence charge transfer (IVCT) band in the region from 1200 to 3000 nm. The present work shows that a central porphyrin unit appended with ethynyl bridges affords strong electronic interactions between the peripheral porphyrin rings over a distance of about 15 A.     

Self-assembling of the porphyrin-linked acyclic penta- and heptapeptides in aqueous trifluoroethanol

The conjugates of porphyrin with links to the acyclic penta- and heptapeptides were synthesized to mimic natural multiple porphyrin systems. The linear penta- and heptapeptide with hydrophilic/hydrophobic alternative sequences took a random structure in aqueous trifluoroethanol (TFE). However, these polypeptides took a beta-sheet structure in the same solvent when the N-terminal Cys linked to the porphyrin, suggesting that the conjugates self-assembled via the intermolecular hydrophobic interaction between the porphyrins. The circular dichroism (CD) spectra, UV/vis spectra, size exclusion chromatography (SEC), and (1)H NMR spectroscopy supported the self-assembling. In the self-assembled structure of the pentapeptide linking porphyrin at the p-phenyl position (9), the porphyrins were involved in two porphyrin-porphyrin interactions, i.e., the side-by-side interaction between the neighboring polypeptide chains and the face-to-face interaction between the first and the third peptide chains. The CD spectra of 9 showed two sets of Cotton effects probably arising from these two interactions. The UV/vis spectra also supported the above interpretation, showing multiple absorptions in the longwave and shortwave shifted regions. The SEC analyses showed the assembled structure of the conjugates. The (1)H NMR signals of the porphyrin rings of 9 were hardly observed in D(2)O-CD(3)OD because of the shortened spin-spin relaxation time T(2)().     

Substituent effects in porphyrin dimer complexes studied by IR spectroscopy

A series of lanthanide porphyrin dimers have been synthesized and investigated with IR spectroscopic techniques. The spectra of the porphyrin dimers are compared not only with each other but also with those of their component monomer units. The experimental results exhibit that the IR spectra of the porphyrin dimers are closely related to those of their corresponding monomers. A detailed analysis of the IR spectra between the porphyrin dimers and monomers suggest that the dimer molecules can be treated as regular derivatives of metalloporphyrin monomers despite the symmetries of these two systems being different. The dimerization of the porphyrin rings only result in frequency shifts and intensity changes of the IR spectra. These shifts are attributed to the induced π–π interactions between these two macrocycles. The downshifts of the frequencies observed in Ce(OEP)₂ further indicate that the π–π interactions intrinsically decrease the bond strength of the entire molecule. Additionally, only the relative intensities instead of the frequencies of the ethyl vibrations in the region 2800–3000 cm⁻¹ are observed to be sensitive to the types and the positions of the substituent groups. These observations suggest that these ethyl vibrational modes of the OEP moiety can be used as characteristic bands to monitor subtle deformations of the porphyrin rings caused by the substituent groups in the dimer complexes.     

Diastereochemically controlled porphyrin dimer formation on a DNA duplex scaffold

DNA-porphyrin conjugates were designed and synthesized for the preparation of the conformationally controlled porphyrin dimer structures constructed on a d(GCGTATACGC)2. Porphyrin derivatives were introduced to the central TATpA sequence where p represents the phosphoramidate for the attachment of the free-base porphyrin (FbP) and zinc-coordinated porphyrin (ZnP), which allows contact of the two porphyrins in the minor groove. The porphyrin dimers were characterized using CD, UV-vis, steady-state, and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopies, indicating that the porphyrins form face-to-face conformations. Also the co-facial conformation was confirmed by comparison with spectra of the non-self-complementary duplex containing one porphyrin moiety. Introduction of zinc into porphyrin moiety destabilized the duplex formation. Two diastereomers showed different thermal stabilities and affected the conformations of porphyrin dimers. The temperature-dependent assembly and the conformational change of the porphyrin dimer on the duplex DNA were observed in the UV-vis spectra, indicating that the dynamic movement of the porphyrin dimer occurs on the duplex. The results indicate that the porphyrin dimers of DNA-FbP conjugates are overlapped clockwise and are located in the minor groove of the usual B-form DNA backbone. The interaction and conformation of two porphyrin moieties are controlled by the following three factors: (1) temperature change during and after formation of the duplex porphyrins at lower temperature; (2) diastereochemistry of the phosphoramidates where porphyrins are connected via a linker; and (3) zinc ion coordination that destabilizes the interaction of porphyrins as well duplex formation.     

TTF-porphyrin dyads as novel photoinduced electron transfer systems

A TTF-linked porphyrin dyad and its zinc complex have been synthesized as novel photosystems with a redox-active pendant. The two chromophores of these dyads are not interactive in the absorption spectra, but the fluorescence of the porphyrin chromophore is dramatically quenched by intramolecular electron transfer from the TTF pendant.     

Photoinduced intermolecular and intramolecular actions between eosin and porphyrin

Two dyads of eosin and porphyrin linked with a semi-rigid (-CH2phCH2-) or flexible (-(CH2)4-) bridge and their reference model compounds were synthesized and characterized The intermoleccular interaction and intramolecular photoinduced singlet energy transfer and electron transfer were studied by their absorp tion spectra,fluorescence emission,excitation spectra and fluorescence lifetime The model compounds,ethyl ester of eosm (EoEt) and porphyrin (PorEt),could form complexes in the ground state.When the eosin moieties in dyads were excited,they could transfer some singlet energy to the porphyrins; in the meantime,they could also ndsce electron transfer between two chromophores.Exciting the porphyrin moieties in dyads could induce electron transfer from eosin moieties to porphyrin moieties.The efficiencies (EnT,ET) and rate constants (kEnT,kET) were related to the polarity of solvents and mutual orientation of the two chromophores in dyads.     

新颖的5,15-二(4-(5-乙酰基硫戊氧基)苯基)卟啉化合物的结构和性质的密度泛函理论计算

通过密度泛函理论计算比较性地研究了5,15-二(4-(5-乙酰基硫戊氧基)苯基)自由卟啉及其锌配合物的分子结构、电荷性质、分子轨道、电子吸收光谱和红外光谱.这类化合物具有在卟啉相对的两个中位的苯环上连有5-乙酰基硫戊氧基的新颖结构.模拟得到的这两个化合物的分子结构和电子吸收光谱以及红外光谱都与实验测得的符合得很好.通过与未取代的自由卟啉和卟啉锌的结构和性质进行比较,研究了中位取代基、极性溶剂和中心金属取代对此类卟啉化合物结构和性质的影响规律.对化合物的电子吸收光谱中的电子跃迁本质进行了归属,并通过基于正则坐标分析产生的动画对红外光谱的振动模式进行了指认.目前的工作将对理解此类新颖卟啉化合物的结构和性质以及取代基和溶剂效应提供很大的帮助.     

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     

Porphyrin Complexes with p,d, and fMetals in High Oxidation States: Structures,Electronic Absorption,and IR Spectra

This paper is a review of data obtained by the authors and of the literature data on the molecular structure of porphyrin complexes with p, d, and f metals in oxidation states from two to five and on complexation as revealed from the absorption spectra of porphyrins in UV, visible, and IR regions. It was shown that, depending on the type of donor–acceptor bonds, the EAS of metalloporphyrins can be divided into three groups and classified as common, hypso, or hyper spectra. The high-frequency or low-frequency shifts of bands of metal-sensitive porphyrin vibrations in IR spectra of complexes correlate with the type of electronic spectrum; therefore, they were used to study the electronic aspects of coordination interaction in the porphyrin complexes.     

Electrospray tandem mass spectrometry of new porphyrin amino acid conjugates

Porphyrin amino acid conjugates with one or two porphyrin units were analyzed by electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MS/MS). The ESI-MS spectra of all the porphyrins studied, obtained in positive ion mode, show the presence of the corresponding protonated molecule [M+H]+; ESI-MS spectra of diporphyrinyl compounds also show the doubly charged ions [M+2H]2+. The fragmentations of these ions induced by collision with argon were studied (ESI-MS/MS). ESI-MS/MS gives detailed structural information about the amino acids associated with the porphyrin. Cleavage of the bonds in the vicinity of the porphyrin moiety and those involving the side chain of amino acid residues gives structural information about this type of association. A fragmentation common to all derivatives corresponds to the cleavage of the phenyl-CO bond. The expected cleavage of the amide bond, that links the porphyrin to the amino acid moiety, is a minor fragmentation, which in some cases is even absent. The MS/MS spectra of the monoporphyrinyl derivatives show product ions characteristic of the amino acid linked to the porphyrin; the fragmentation also indicates when the amino acids has a terminal carboxylic group or a terminal ester group. The fragmentations of the diporphyrinyl compounds occur mainly by the cleavage of the spacer, leading, in the case of the doubly charged ions, to predominantly mono-charged ions, indicating a preferential location of the two protons in separated porphyrinic units.     

Fluorescence Properties of Porphyrin Dimers Incorporating an Anhydride Linker

IntroductionOligomeric porphyrins play a number of criticalbiological roles in many processes, such as energytransfer and electron transfer, molecular binding, mul-tielectron redox catalysis and light harvest[1,2]. Amongthe arrays of covalently linked por…     

5,10,15,20-四(对-十四酰亚胺基苯基)卟啉及其锰、锌配合物的合成及性质

合成了5,10,15,20-四(对-十四酰亚胺基苯基)卟啉配体(TMPPH2)及其锰、锌金属配合物(TMPPMnCl, TMPPZn), 并通过紫外-可见光谱、红外光谱、核磁共振氢谱、元素分析等技术对化合物的结构加以确认, 研究了配体和配合物的拉曼光谱、光电子能谱和荧光光谱的变化及电化学性质. 结果表明, 配体和配合物的紫外光谱、红外光谱、拉曼光谱、荧光光谱及光电子能谱都有很大区别, 锰配合物的循环伏安曲线与配体和锌配合物不同, 除了卟啉环发生氧化还原外, 还发生了金属离子的氧化还原反应.     

卟啉/TiO2界面的相互作用研究

采用吸收光谱、荧光光谱和瞬态光伏技术研究了卟啉/TiO2体系的吸收光特性、荧光特性和光伏特性, 并研究了卟啉和TiO2之间的界面相互作用. 研究结果表明, 卟啉环在与钬原子结合前后与TiO2之间的作用不同, TiO2的粒径也影响界面的相互作用. 卟啉与粒径为10 nm的TiO2作用后, 能级发生了简并, 同时带隙发生了红移. 卟啉与粒径为56 nm的TiO2相互作用后只有特征吸收峰发生红移, 带隙和峰的数量几乎未发生变化. 这说明在粒径为10 nm的TiO2与卟啉的大π键之间出现了离域的相互作用, 这也被荧光光谱和瞬态光伏曲线所证实.     

Estimation of dye configuration from conventional chiroptical spectra of porphyrin integrates: combination of exciton theory with Monte Carlo molecular structural simulation

Dye integrates (arrays and aggregates) are the subject of current interest in photochemical devices. However, they are in general not suitable for X-ray crystallography because of their poor crystallinity. Here, we improved a simple method of estimating dye configurations in porphyrin integrates from their visible absorption (AB) and circular dichroism (CD) spectra. For this purpose, we calculate the dipolar and optical rotatory strengths of an integrate on the basis of the exciton theory for a given porphyrin configuration, generate the theoretical AB and CD spectra of the dye integrate using a phenomenological line shape function, a Voigt function with an adjustable line width, and optimize the configuration by minimizing the square sum (S) of the difference between the observed and calculated spectra. We adopted two optimization methods to achieve a least-squares fit between the calculated and observed spectra: the Metropolis Monte Carlo (MC) method, which incorporates S into the molecular force-field energy as a constraint, and the quasi-Newton (QN) method, which numerically minimizes S and uses no molecular force field. To check the feasibility of these methods, we simulated the AB and CD spectra of Tr?ger's base and meso-meso-linked porphyrins using the QN program, then compared the dye configurations with their X-ray structures. The calculated dye configuration of Tr?ger's base porphyrin is sufficiently in agreement with that of the X-ray structure (RMSD=0.21 A for the ZnS4 center), whereas that of meso-meso-linked porphyrin was not. These results were discussed in terms of charge transfer between two porphyrins. Finally, we applied the QN and MC methods to the structural estimation of a newly prepared peptide-linked bis(porphyrin) Boc-(PorZn,S)2-OBut. The best configurations estimated by these two methods were sufficiently in agreement with each other.     

Synthesis of oligo(p-phenylene)-linked dyads containing free base, zinc(II) or thallium(III) porphyrins for studies in artificial photosynthesis

A series of (p-phenylene)_n-linked meso-mesityl-substituted porphyrin dyads (n=2-4) was prepared via Suzuki coupling of zinc(II) and free base porphyrin building blocks. The resulting zinc(II)/free base porphyrin dyads were demetalated. The series of free base porphyrin dimers (n=1-4), four other porphyrin dimers (with p-phenylene, diphenylethyne or diphenylbutadiyne linkers; and aryl or tridec-7-yl meso substituents), and several benchmark monomers were converted to the thallium(III)chloride complexes under mild conditions. The collection of eight Tl(III)Cl/Tl(III)Cl dimers is designed for studies of ground-state hole-transfer processes and comparison with the excited-state energy- and hole-transfer processes of the corresponding Zn(II)/free base dyads. Altogether, 18 new porphyrin arrays and benchmark monomers have been prepared.