Effects of aldehyde or dipyrromethane substituents on the reaction course leading to meso-substituted porphyrins

To better understand the effects of diverse substituents on reactions leading to porphyrins, pyrrole+aldehyde condensations and related reactions of dipyrromethanes were examined. The course of pyrrole+aldehyde condensations was investigated by monitoring the yield of porphyrin (by UV-Vis spectroscopy), reaction of aldehyde (by TLC), and changes in the composition of oligomers (by laser desorption mass spectrometry). Reaction reversibility was examined via exchange experiments. Reversibility of reactions leading to porphyrin was further probed with studies of dipyrromethanes. The reaction course was found to depend on the nature of the substituent and the acid catalyst. Alkyl or electron-donating substituents displayed levels of reversibility (exchange/scrambling) on par or greater than that of the phenyl substituent, whereas electron-withdrawing or sterically bulky substituents exhibited little to no reversibility. The results obtained provide insight into the electronic and steric effects of different substituents and should facilitate the design of synthetic plans for preparing porphyrinic macrocycles.     

Die Koordinationszahl von Lanthaniden: Thermodynamik der LnIIIEDTA-Mischkomplexe mit den Anionen der 8-Hydroxychinolin-5-sulfonsäure,Iminodiessigsäure und Nitrilotriessigsäure

The values of ΔG, ΔH and ΔS for the formation of the mixed 1:1:1 lanthanide EDTA complexes with the anions of 8-hydroxyquinoline-5-sulfonic acid, iminodiacetic acid and nitrilotriacetic acid were determined by pH-titrations and a direct calorimetric method. These thermodynamic data are discussed and compared with those for the formation of the Ln(III)EDTA complexes. Contrary to current opinion it is concluded that all trivalent lanthanide aquoions have the same coordination number in dilute solution. However, in the series of the lanthanide EDTA complexes the coordination number changes between Sm and Tb. In this region, equilibria occur between two types of EDTA complexes with different numbers of coordinated water molecules: The corresponding equilibrium constants could be evaluated. The coordination number changes also in many other Ln complexes along the lanthanide series, and similar equilibria occur.     

Koordinationszahl und nephelauxetischer Effekt von Komplexen der Lanthaniden

The Eu^IIIEDTA complex exhibits a strong temperature dependence of its absorption band at 395 nm in dilute aqueous solution. Similar but much weaker effects can be observed in solutions of SmEDTA and GdEDTA, whereas EDTA complexes of the other lanthanide ions as well as the aquo ions of the whole series show no significant change of their absorption spectra in nation number along the series of the lanthanide EDTA complexes that takes place from Sm to Tb at room temperature. It can be concluded from the nephelauxetic effect that the coordination number decreases with increasing atomic number. The coordination numbers of the aquo ions are the same for all trivalent lanthanide ions in dilute solutions.     

Transition‐State Stabilization by a Secondary Substrate–Ligand Interaction: A New Design Principle for Highly Efficient Transition‐Metal Catalysis

A library of monodentate phosphane ligands, each bearing a guanidine receptor unit for carboxylates, was designed. Screening of the library gave some excellent catalysts for regioselective hydroformylation of β,γ‐unsaturated carboxylic acids. A terminal alkene, but‐3‐enoic acid, was hydroformylated with a linear/branched (l/b) regioselectivity up to 41. An internal alkene, pent‐3‐enoic acid was hydroformylated with regioselectivity up to 18:1. Further substrate selectivity (e.g., acid vs. methyl ester) and reaction site selectivity (monofunctionalization of 2‐vinylhept‐2‐enoic acid) were also achieved. Exploration of the structure–activity relationship and a practical and theoretical mechanistic study gave us an insight into the nature of the supramolecular guanidinium–carboxylate interaction within the catalytic system. This allowed us to identify a selective transition‐state stabilization by a secondary substrate–ligand interaction as the basis for catalyst activity and selectivity.