Abstract

As isomers of the regular porphyrins, N-confused porphyrins have attracted extensive attention of chemists because of their unique chemical structures, chemical reactivities, and physical properties, which result in their promising applications in the fields of catalytic chemistry, biochemistry and material science. Typically, N-confused porphyrins are synthesized via acid catalyzed condensation and following oxidation during which lactams are often formed as the byproducts. Here we report doubly N-confused and ring-contracted [24]hexaphyrin(1.1.0.1.1.0) mono- and bis-Pd-complexes as stable antiaromatic N-confused expanded porphyrins, which are synthesized through Pd-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura coupling of 1,14-dibromotripyrrin. These macrocycles show a paratropic ring currents, an ill-defined Soret band, a red-shifted weak absorption tail, and a small HOMO-LUMO gap. NBS bromination of the bis Pd-complex give its mono- and dibromides regioselectively, which are effectively used to synthesize a [24]hexaphyrin dimer and a NiII porphyrin-[24]hexaphyrin-NiII porphyrin triad, respectively.

In the chemistry of porphyrinoids, expanded porphyrins and N-confused porphyrins (NCP) are two important newcomers but antiaromatic expanded NCPs have not been isolated before. Here, the authors report the synthesis of doubly N-confused and ring-contracted hexaphyrin PdII complexes.

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Title
Doubly N-confused and ring-contracted [24]hexaphyrin Pd-complexes as stable antiaromatic N-confused expanded porphyrins
Author
Luo, Fuying 1 ; Liu, Le 1 ; Wu, Han 1 ; Xu, Ling 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Rao, Yutao 1 ; Zhou, Mingbo 1 ; Osuka, Atsuhiro 1 ; Song, Jianxin 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Hunan Normal University, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Traditional Chinese Medicine Research (Ministry of Education of China), Key Laboratory of the Assembly and Application of Organic Functional Molecules of Hunan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Changsha, China (GRID:grid.411427.5) (ISNI:0000 0001 0089 3695) 
Pages
5028
Publication year
2023
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20411723
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2852874233
Copyright
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