A study of porphyrin analogues—III : Syntheses,enzyme interactions and self-aggregation of new models for types I,III and IX porphyrins

Three new porphyrin free bases have been synthesised and their interaction with the mitochondrial enzyme Ferrochelatase has been studied. The model compound for type IX porphyrins is the best substrate for Ferrochelatase so far studied, whereas the model compound for type I porphyrins is the only compound of this type to act as a substrate for this enzyme. The model compound for type III porphyrins is not a substrate, but does act as a competitive inhibitor.The ¹H NMR spectra of the new compounds in their dimethyl diester form differ substantially from the spectra of their zinc(II)bis-pyrrolidine adducts, showing that aggregation is taking place. The results for the α-meso and γ-meso protons in particular are unusual and indicate that aggregation is taking place anomalously, with electronic effects dominating steric effects.     

Synthetic porphyrins at interfaces; photosensitization and related reactions of atropisomers of o-substituted tetraphenylporphine derivatives in films, reversed micelles and membranes

Abstract— Previous studies from our laboratories and elsewhere have shown that amides between fatty acids and the synthetic α, α, α, α -tetra (o-aminophenyl)-porphyrins exhibit good surfactant properties which facilitate their incorporation into structured assemblies characterized by hydrophobic-hydrophilic compartmentalization. This paper will focus on a number of aspects of our studies of these porphyrins at different interfaces. The α, α, α, α (4,0) isomers are readily incorporated into Langmuir-Blodgett films as either free base or metal complexes. Studies of assemblies containing free base and palladium (II) complexes have been carried out in which the porphyrin is irradiated in the presence of oxygen and nonexcited but oxidizable substrates. Much of the reactivity observed can be attributed to ¹O₂* generation. These studies reveal the migration range and reactivity of activated oxygen in a structure related to biomem-branes. Several of these synthetic porphyrins have also been examined in cell suspensions and in synthetic reversed micelle solutions. Studies in the former have shown that the porphyrins can mediate the photoinactivation of several enzymes located inside and within the mitochondrial membrane in tumor cells extracted from rats. They are found to compare favorably to hematoporphyrin derivative in effectiveness. Studies of the same porphyrins in their reactivity towards copper ion incorporation in anionic reversed micelles indicate striking rate differences which can be interpreted in part to structural variations between the porphyrins as well as to their orientation at the hydrophobic-hydrophilic interface.     

The role of cobalt,copper, nickel,and zinc in the DNA replication inhibitory activity of p‐aminophenyl triphenylporphyrin

Cationic porphyrins have been widely used as tumor localizers in cancer therapies. When cationic porphyrins are flat they intercalate with double‐stranded DNA, duplexes of RNA or RNA–DNA. The antitumor activity of some cationic porphyrins depends on their interaction with human telomeric quadruplexes. Here, we report that noncationic meso‐(4‐aminophenyl)triphenylporphyrin (H₂TPPNH₂) ( 3 ) and its cobalt, copper, nickel, and zinc metallo derivatives ( 4 – 7 ) have DNA replication inhibitory activity in B16 mouse melanoma line cells. By means of quantification of ³HdTT radio‐labeled DNA, we observed that the nonplanar porphyrin [CoTPPNH₂] has the highest activity against carcinogenic DNA replication. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Directly meso-meso linked porphyrin rings: synthesis, characterization, and efficient excitation energy hopping

Directly meso-meso linked porphyrin rings CZ4, CZ6, and CZ8 that respectively comprise four, six, and eight porphyrins have been synthesized in a stepwise manner from a 5,10-diaryl zinc(II) porphyrin building block. Symmetric cyclic structures have been indicated by their very simple (1)H NMR spectra that exhibit only a single set of porphyrin and their absorption spectra that display a characteristic broad nonsplit Soret band around 460 nm. Energy minimized structures calculated at the B3LYP/6-31G* level indicate that a dihedral angle between neighboring porphyrins decreases in order of CZ6 > CZ8 > CZ4, which is consistent with the (1)H NMR data. Photophysical properties of these molecules have been examined by the steady-state absorption, fluorescence, fluorescence lifetime, fluorescence anisotropy decay, and transient absorption measurements. Both the pump-power dependence on the femtosecond transient absorption and the transient absorption anisotropy decay profiles are directly related with the excitation energy migration processes within the porphyrin rings, where the exciton-exciton annihilation time and the polarization anisotropy rise time are well described in terms of the Forster-type incoherent energy hopping model. Consequently, the excitation energy hopping rates have been estimated for CZ4 (119 +/- 2 fs)(-)(1), CZ6 (342 +/- 59 fs)(-)(1), and CZ8 (236 +/- 31 fs)(-)(1), which reflect the magnitude of the electronic coupling between the neighboring porphyrins. Overall, these porphyrin rings serve as a well-defined wheel-shaped light harvesting antenna model in light of very efficient excitation energy hopping along the ring.     

卟啉化合物的固载化及其应用的研究概况

卟啉是一类重要的大环化合物,广泛存在于自然界和生命体中,具有广泛的应用。 由于自由卟啉化合物的化学稳定性差,天然卟啉通常在特定的天然大分子(多肽)环境中发挥其特性,因此,人们研究开发了多种担体,固载化卟啉和金属卟啉,大大拓展了其应用范围。 本文综述了文献报道的卟啉及金属卟啉的常用固载载体、常用的固载方法、以及固载型卟啉化合物在催化和传感器等领域的最新应用进展,展望了卟啉的固载化和固载型卟啉的应用前景。     

系列水溶性磺酸卟啉的制备、表征及催化性能

改进磺化路线制备了5种取代基及取代位置不同的水溶性磺酸卟啉,利用氢核磁共振波谱(1H NMR)、傅里叶变换红外光谱(FTIR)、紫外-可见吸收光谱(UV-Vis)及质谱(MS)等手段对产物进行表征及性质研究.将该系列卟啉作为光催化剂,用于催化氧化1,5-萘二酚的反应,主催化产物为5-羟基-1,4-萘二醌,转化率为78%~95%.实验发现,磺酸基团在苯环上的位置以及取代基的数目、电子效应及立体位阻效应均会对催化结果产生影响,其中磺酸根的位置至关重要.动力学研究结果表明该催化氧化过程为一级反应.探讨了该反应的反应机理.     

Density functional theory for charge transfer: the nature of the N-bands of porphyrins and chlorophylls revealed through CAM-B3LYP, CASPT2, and SAC-CI calculations

While density functional theory (DFT) has been proven to be extremely useful for the prediction of thermodynamic and spectroscopic properties of molecules, to date most functionals used in common implementations of DFT display a systematic failure to predict the properties of charge-transfer processes. While this is explicitly manifest in Rydberg transitions of atoms and molecules and in molecular charge-transfer spectroscopy, it also becomes critical for systems containing extended conjugation such as polyenes and other conducting polymers, porphyrins, chlorophylls, etc. A new density functional, a Coulomb-attenuated hybrid exchange-correlation functional (CAM-B3LYP), has recently been developed specifically to overcome these limitations, and it has been shown to properly predict molecular charge-transfer spectra. Here, we demonstrate that it predicts qualitatively reasonable spectra for porphyrin, some oligoporphyrins, and chlorophyll. However, alternate density functionals developed to overcome the same limitations such as current-density functional theory are shown, in their present implementation, to remain inadequate. The CAM-B3LYP results are shown to be in excellent agreement with complete-active-space plus second-order M?ller-Plesset perturbation theory and symmetry-adapted cluster configuration interaction calculations: These depict the N and higher bands of porphyrins and chlorophylls as being charge-transfer bands associated with localization of molecular orbitals on individual pyrrole rings. The validity of the basic Gouterman model for the spectra of porphyrins and chlorophylls is confirmed, rejecting modern suggestions that non-Gouterman transitions lie close in energy to the Q-bands of chlorophylls. As porphyrins and chlorophylls provide useful paradigms for problems involving extended conjugation, the results obtained suggest that many significant areas of nanotechnology and biotechnology may now be realistically treated by cost-effective density-functional-based computational methods.     

On the negligible impact of ruffling on the electronic spectra of porphine, tetramethylporphyrin, and perfluoroalkylporphyrins.

In the first part of this paper, the syntheses, structural characterization, molecular modeling, and electronic spectra for planar and nonplanar perfluoroalkylated porphyrins, (R(f))(4)P's, are reported. These studies demonstrate that the intrinsic substituent effect of the perfluoroalkyl group on the long-wavelength electronic spectrum of porphyrins is substantial, and similar (in magnitude) to that of a phenyl ring. Moreover, it is shown that out-of-plane distortion of (R(f))(4)P's has a negligible impact on their electronic spectra. These data bolster the findings of our earlier work and demonstrate that nonplanarity of (R(f))(4)P's does not result in a red-shift in their optical spectra. In the second part of this paper, time-dependent density functional spectral calculations (B3LYP/6-311G/TD) for porphine, 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(trifluoromethyl)porphyrin, and 5,10,15,20-tetramethylporphyrin in a variety of ruffled conformations are reported. The results of these studies indicate that (1) substantial ruffling of porphyrins has a negligible effect upon their electronic spectra, (2) similarly small effects upon electronic spectra are predicted if electron-withdrawing or electron-releasing groups decorate the porphyrin periphery, (3) for sterically encumbered porphyrins, ruffling can actually result in hypsochromic shifts in various absorption bands, and (4) the bulk of the red-shift commonly thought to be due to nonplanar distortion actually arises from other substituent effects. These results pose serious challenges to previous theoretical and empirical studies that have sought to find a cause-and-effect relationship between nonplanarity and electronic spectra in porphyrins.     

meso-四(对烷氧苯基)卟啉及其金属配合物的合成、表征及液 晶性

合成了meso-四(对烷氧苯基)卟啉及其Cu,Co,Zn,Pb金属配合物38个,其中14个为未见文献报道的新化合物。用元素分析,IR,UV,^1HNMR,MS对其进行了表征,确证了其结构。研究了这五个系列化合物的液晶性能,发现16个化合物具有液晶性,探讨了烷氧基链长及配位金属离子对液晶性能的影响。     

Expanded porphyrins: intriguing structures, electronic properties, and reactivities

The chemistry of expanded porphyrins, which are higher homologues of porphyrins, has been intensively explored for the last three decades. Expanded porphyrins exhibit structures, electronic properties, coordination chemistry, and reactivities that are entirely different from those of porphyrins. Through these studies, it has become increasingly apparent that expanded porphyrins are attractive in views of aromaticity and multimetal coordination, or as functional dyes, nonlinear optical materials, ion receptors, or stable organic radicals. As such, we have continuously witnessed the emergence of expanded porphyrins that exhibit unprecedented structures and properties, as is highlighted by the facile realization of Möbius aromatic and even antiaromatic systems with twisted molecular structures. In this Review, the recent progress of the chemistry of expanded porphyrins after the seminal Review by Sessler and Seidel in 2003 is presented.     

Swallowtail porphyrins: synthesis, characterization and incorporation into porphyrin dyads

The incorporation of symmetrically branched tridecyl ("swallowtail") substituents at the meso positions of porphyrins results in highly soluble building blocks. Synthetic routes have been investigated to obtain porphyrin building blocks bearing 1-4 swallowtail groups. Porphyrin dyads have been synthesized in which the zinc or free base (Fb) porphyrins are joined by a 4,4'-diphenylethyne linker and bear swallowtail (or n-pentyl) groups at the nonlinking meso positions. The swallowtail-substituted Zn(2)- and ZnFb-dyads are readily soluble in common organic solvents. Static absorption and fluorescence spectra and electrochemical data show that the presence of the swallowtail groups slightly raises the energy level of the filled a(2u)(pi) HOMO. EPR studies of the pi-cation radicals of the swallowtail porphyrins indicate that the torsional angle between the proton on the alkyl carbon and p-orbital on the meso carbon of the porphyrin is different from that of a porphyrin bearing linear pentyl groups. Regardless, the swallowtail substituents do not significantly affect the photophysical properties of the porphyrins or the electronic interactions between the porphyrins in the dyads. In particular, time-resolved spectroscopic studies indicate that facile excited-state energy transfer occurs in the ZnFb dyad, and EPR studies of the monocation radical of the Zn(2)-dyad show that interporphyrin ground-state hole transfer is rapid.     

Structural and photophysical studies of trans-AB(2)C-substituted porphyrin ligands and their zinc and copper complexes

trans-AB(2)C porphyrins with A = C(6)H(4)-COOR, C = C(6)H(4)-NX(2) and B = C(6)H(5) (R = CH(3), H; X = O, H) have been synthesised by a rational high-yield procedure (1a-1d) and their zinc(ii) and copper(ii) complexes have been prepared (2a-2d, 3a-3d ).1a, 2a .THF and 3a display different distortions of the porphyrin core as shown by single crystal X-ray crystallography and NSD analyses. The Soret and Q bands of free-base and metalated porphyrins with mixed electron donating and withdrawing substituents (NH(2)/COOR) are red-shifted as are the corresponding emission bands of free-base and zinc porphyrins. The electronic asymmetry revealed by spectrocopy is rationalised by DFT calculations.     

Synthesis of poly(ethylene glycol)-supported manganese porphyrins: efficient,recoverable and recyclable catalysts for epoxidation of alkenes

Two new poly(ethylene glycol) supported manganese porphyrins have been prepared and their catalytic activity and recyclability were investigated for the epoxidation of alkenes using H2O2 and PhIO as stoichiometric oxidants.     

卟啉及其光电化学研究进展

卟啉及金属卟啉在自然界中广泛存在,其光学、电化学等特性可通过分子结构中多个反应位点进行调控. 随着全球能源环境问题日益凸显,卟啉在太阳能电池、光催化制氢领域的研究成为热点. 本文简介了作者课题组近年来通过国内外合作开展的D-π-A结构卟啉分子结构改性及其对光电化学性质和器件光伏特性影响的进展,并对未来卟啉光电化学研究的发展进行了简要的探讨.     

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.     

Investigation of the Scope of Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Procedures for Preparing Magnesium Chelates of Porphyrins, Hydroporphyrins, and Phthalocyanines

A simple method has been developed for metalation of porphyrinic compounds under homogeneous conditions at room temperature using a stable ethereal solution of MgI(2) and N,N-diisopropylethylamine. A previously developed heterogeneous procedure employs a mixture of a magnesium halide and a nonnucleophilic amine in a noncoordinating solvent at room temperature. The scope of the heterogeneous and homogeneous magnesium insertion procedures has been investigated across a family of 19 porphyrinic compounds, including synthetic porphyrins, synthetic or naturally occurring chlorins, and organic-soluble phthalocyanines. The rate of magnesium insertion increased in the series phthalocyanines < chlorins < porphyrins, which parallels the basicity of the ligands. Though phthalocyanines have the smallest core size, the magnesium phthalocyanines were far more stable than magnesium porphyrins to acid-induced demetalation. The heterogeneous method is broadly applicable to porphyrins, chlorins, and phthalocyanines. The homogeneous method is generally slower than the heterogeneous method, though both afford rapid metalation of most porphyrins, including electron-deficient, peripherally coordinating, or facially encumbered meso-substituted tetraarylporphyrins, and the beta-substituted octaethylporphyrin. Chlorin e(6) trimethyl ester and methyl pyropheophorbide a were metalated cleanly under homogeneous but not heterogeneous conditions, while pheophytin a failed with both methods. The homogeneous method failed altogether with phthalocyanines. Several methods in magnesium chemistry have been developed that augment these procedures, including a mild synthesis of tetraphenylchlorin and a streamlined separation of porphyrin, chlorin, and bacteriochlorins based on selective formation of the magnesium chelates. Collectively, these methods should broaden the scope of model systems based on magnesium chelates of porphyrinic compounds.     

Catalytic Activation of H(2) and C-H Bonds by Electron-Deficient Ruthenium(II) Porphyrins

The Ru(2) and RuNi derivatives of 1,8-bis(10,15,20-trimesityl-5-porphyrinato)anthracene-a recently reported cofacial diporphyrin ligand comprising two hindered porphyrins spanned by an anthracene bridge-have been synthesized. Both Ru(2)(DPAHM) and RuNi(DPAHM) are extremely reactive species that apparently contain 14-electron Ru(II) centers and, as is the case for their monoporphyrin analog, (5,10,15,20-tetramesitylporphyrinato)ruthenium [Ru(TMP)], must be rigorously protected from oxygen, nitrogen, and other ligating agents. In addition, these electron-deficient Ru(II) porphyrins all appear to bind aromatic solvents such as benzene and toluene, the weakest ligating solvents in which these Ru(II) porphyrins have been found soluble. Ru(TMP) and its metallodiporphyrin analogs, Ru(2)(DPAHM) and RuNi(DPAHM), catalyze H(2)/D(2) exchange in benzene solution and as solids. When adsorbed on a particularly nonpolar carbon support, these Ru(II) porphyrins all manifest significant activity with respect to catalytic H(2)/D(2) exchange [approximately 40 turnovers s(-)(1), when normalized for Ru(II) content]. In addition, these molecules slowly catalyze the exchange of H(2) into deuterated aromatic hydrocarbons and, in the absence of solvent, the exchange of D(2) into CH(4). Kinetic studies of H(2)/D(2) exchange catalyzed by these Ru(II) porphyrins on carbon supports indicate that exchange is likely to be effected by one face of a single Ru(TMP) moiety. The activity of each supported catalyst was suppressed by the presence of ligands, either exogenous (CO irreversibly and N(2) reversibly) or from polar functionalities on the surface of the supporting matrix.     

Synthesis,Redox Behavior,Sensitizer Activity,and Oxygen Transfer of Covalently Bound Polymeric Porphyrins

Metal complexes of covalently bound porphyrins are used as sensitive probes for several investigations. Substituted derivatives of tetraphenyl-porphin, phthalocyanine, and naphthalocyanine are synthesized at positively and negatively charged as well as uncharged polymers. The photo-redox activities were studied under irradiation with visible light in the presence of a donor and an acceptor. The triplet life times of covalently bound porphyrin moieties are strongly enhanced compared with the analogous monomeric porphyrins. In addition, the polymer binding results in higher photocatalytic activity. The electron-transfer reactions of Mn(III)-containing porphyrins using the reducing agent dithionite are strongly influenced by the polymer environment. In contrast to monomeric Mn(III)-porphyrins, the porphyrins containing polymers exhibit a two-step reduction which may be due to the change of the conformation of the polymer coil. The catalytic epoxidation of 2,5-dihydrofuran with hypochlorite with formation of 3,4-epoxytetrahydrofuran occurs with water-soluble porphyrins in water. No influence of the polymer environment exists. The different reactions require reaction times from milliseconds up to hours.     

Microwave-assisted synthesis and reverse saturable absorption of phthalocyanines and porphyrins

Soluble phthalocyanines, including tetrakis(2,9,16,23-cumylphenoxy) copper phthalocyanines (CuPc(β-CP)₄), tetrakis(1,8,15,22-cumylphenoxy) copper phthalocyanines (CuPc(α-CP)₄) as well as tetrakis(2,9,16,23-tert-butyl) copper phthalocyanines (CuPc(β-t-butyl)₄), and porphyrins (5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-tert-butylphenyl)porphyrins; M(TBP), M=H₂, Zn, Cu, Mg, InCl, AlCl) have been quickly synthesized by microwave irradiation. Furthermore, their reverse saturable absorption have also been investigated by dissolving them in solvent or incorporating them in polymer-silica hybrid material with a sol-gel process with polyvinyl butyral and tetraethyl orthosilicate as precursors. A new method for the preparation process of phthalocyanines and porphyrins in the solids has been successfully used.     

Basic and Coordination Properties of Tetraphenylporphine Derivatives

Basic and coordination properties of 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(3,5-dibromophenyl)porphine and 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-methoxy-3-bromophenyl)porphine in acetonitrile have been investigated by means of spectrophotometry. The optimization of the geometry parameters of polysubstituted porphyrins has been performed using quantum-chemical method (РМ3). The relationship between geometric structure of the studied porphyrins and their coordination, basic, and spectral properties is discussed.