Density Functional Theory Investigation of Structures and Electronic Spectra of N-protonated Corroles

The geometries and electronic spectra of a series of N-protonated corroles, including unsub-stituted H₄Cor⁺ and meso-triaryl substituted H₄TPC⁺, H₄TpFPC⁺, and H₄TdCPC⁺, were theoretically studied with density functional theory (DFT). The results indicate that all these compounds have two conformers, one with C₂ symmetry (denoted as S1) is more stable than the other (denoted as S2, C₁ symmetry) by 15.8?18.5 kJ/mol. The corrole macrocycles of these compounds show significant out-of-plane deformation. The enantiomerizations of the chiral S1 conformers were found to be a multi-step process with the S2 conformers as the in-termediates. Electronic absorption spectra and electronic circular dichroism (ECD) of these compounds were calculated with time-dependent DFT. In comparison with H₄Cor⁺, the UV-Vis absorptions of meso-triaryl species are significantly red-shifted and their Q bands are enhanced due to the π-π conjugation between the aryl and corrole rings. Several neighboring electronic transitions were calculated with opposite signs in rotatory strengths, suggesting that ECD spectroscopy may be a useful tool in studying the electronic transitions of these compounds.     

质子化corroles的结构和电子光谱的密度泛函理论研究

用电子密度泛函理论研究了N-质子化corrole(H₄Cor⁺)和meso位芳基取代质子化corroles(H₄TPC⁺、H₄TpFPC⁺和H₄TdCPC⁺)的几何构型、内消旋反应机理以及电子光谱. 结果表明,这些化合物均有两种稳定构型(势能面极小),一个为C₂对称性的S1(最稳定构型),另一为C₁对称性的S2,其中S1的能量比S2低约15.8～18.5 kJ/mol.S1和S2的corrole环都呈现明显的面外扭曲变形. 手性S1的两个对映异构体之间的转化是一个以S2为中间态的多步过程. 用TDDFT计算了它们的紫外可见电子吸收光谱和圆二色谱(ECD). 与H₄Cor⁺相比,H₄TPC⁺、H₄TpFPC⁺和H₄TdCPC⁺的紫外可见吸收都发生了明显红移,且它们的Q带都因芳基取代基与corrole环之间的π-π共轭而明显增强. 计算表明,质子化corrole的若干相邻电子跃迁的旋转强度符号相反,表明ECD谱可能是研究其电子跃迁的有用工具.