A convenient procedure for the synthesis of porphyrin derivative dyads is described. The dyads consist of a free base porphyrin covalently linked to a zinc porphyrin or ferrocene by an amide bond. 5-(4-Substituted phenyl)-10,15,20-tris(4-methylphenyl) porphyrins were synthesized from meso-(4-methylphenyl) dipyrromethanes 1, which was obtained with appreciable yield (83%). The reaction of dipyrromethane 1 with a mixture of two appropriate substituted benzaldehydes affords the desired meso-substituted porphyrins, which can be easily separated by flash chromatography. These porphyrins bearing either one 4-acetamidophenyl group 2 or 4-carboxymethylphenyl group 3, and three 4-methylphenyl peripheral functional groups, were prepared with notable yields (15–17%) in a two-step one-flask reaction. Basic hydrolysis of the porphyrins 2 and 3 yielded amino 4 and acid porphyrin 5, respectively. Treatment of 5 with zinc acetate afforded the corresponding metal complex Zn-acid porphyrin 6. The dyads 7 and 8 were obtained by the coupling reaction between the acid chloride derivatives of either Zn-acid porphyrin 6 or ferroceneacetic acid and amino porphyrins 4, respectively. The present strategy may be easily used for preparation of other similar dyad derivatives. These compounds could have interesting applications in electronic materials. Preliminary studies of light energy conversion by SnO2 electrodes coated with porphyrin dyads 7 and 8 were performed. The results show that dyads 7 and 8 may be suitable for solar energy conversion devices.
描述了一种合成
卟啉衍
生物二聚体的方便程序。该二聚体由一个自由基
卟啉通过酰胺键与
锌卟啉或
铁烯连接。通过从中间体(4-甲基苯基)二
吡咯烷1中合成出5-(4-取代苯基)-10,15,20-三(4-甲基苯基)
卟啉,得到的产率可观(83%)。二
吡咯烷1与两种适当取代的
苯甲醛的混合物反应,能够获得所需的中间取代
卟啉,这些产物可以通过闪光色谱法轻松分离。这些
卟啉分别带有一个4-乙酰
氨基苯基基团2或4-羧甲基苯基基团3,以及三个4-甲基苯基外围功能基团,采用两步一瓶反应法合成,得到的产率显著(15–17%)。对
卟啉2和3的碱性
水解反应分别生成
氨基
卟啉4和酸性
卟啉5。将
卟啉5与
醋酸锌反应得到相应的
金属复合物Zn-酸性
卟啉6。通过酸
氯化衍
生物(Zn-酸性
卟啉6或
铁烯
乙酸)与
氨基
卟啉4之间的耦合反应获得二聚体7和8。本策略可以轻松用于制备其他类似的二聚体衍
生物。这些化合物在电子材料方面可能具有有趣的应用。对涂有
卟啉二聚体7和8的SnO2电极进行的光能转换初步研究显示,二聚体7和8可能适用于太阳能转换设备。