Conjugated Macrocycles Related to the Porphyrins. 25. Proton NMR Spectroscopic Evidence for a Preferred [18]Annulene Substructure in Carbaporphyrins from the Magnitude of Selected <sup>4</sup><i>J</i><sub>H,H</sub> CHCCH<sub>3</sub> Coupling Constants
作者:Dachun Liu、Timothy D. Lash
DOI:10.1021/jo020703u
日期:2003.3.1
Two new benzocarbaporphyrins with four or five alkyl substituents have been synthesized by the "3 + 1" MacDonald methodology. At lower temperatures, the proton NMR spectrum of the asymmetrically substituted carbaporphyrin 8 gave two NH resonances, while carbaporphyrin 9, which retains a plane of symmetry, gave only one resonance of this kind. As no additional peaks were seen for the remaining protons, these data strongly support the proposal that a single tautomer predominates in solution where the two NH protons flank the interior CH. Carbaporphyrin 8, which has a CH=CMe unit on the pyrrolic ring opposite the indene moiety, gave a long-range coupling constant of (4)J(Me,H) = 1.3-1.4 Hz. On the other hand, the CH=CMe units of 9, which correspond to the pyrrole rings on each side of the carbocyclic moiety, gave (4)J(Me,H) = 0.9-1.0 Hz. These values are in accord with those expected if the exterior carbon-carbon bonds of the pyrrole units next to the indene ring are part of a fully delocalized 18pi electron system, while the C=C bond of the remaining pyrrole ring retains substantial olefinic character.