Control of Oligomerization and Oxidation Steps in the Synthesis of Tris(pentafluorophenyl)corrole
作者:Carl Blumenfeld、Katherine J. Fisher、Lawrence M. Henling、Robert H. Grubbs、Harry B. Gray、Scott C. Virgil
DOI:10.1002/ejoc.201500276
日期:2015.5
The mechanistic features of oligomerization and oxidative cyclization steps in the synthesis of tris(pentafluorophenyl)corrole (1) have been thoroughly studied. Separation of the intermediates by preparative HPLC and analysis by NMR spectroscopy and high resolution mass spectrometry allowed for the identification of product-forming intermediates and monitoring of undesired byproducts. Conditions for
Novel neo-confused octaphyrin(1.1.1.1.1.1.1.0) (1) was synthesized by oxidative ring closure of an octapyrrane bearing two terminal "confused" pyrroles. Crystal structures of its Zn(II) and Cu(II) complexes (2 and 3) show a figure-of-eight conformation with unique mononuclear coordination structures. Photophysical data and theoretical calculations suggest that the neo-confused octaphyrin 1 is a 34 pi electron conjugated species showing nonaromaticity. Coordination of pocopper and zinc ions results in the further narrowing of the HOMO-LUMO gaps.