Hinged bis-porphyrin scaffolds I. The synthesis of a new porphyrin diene and its role in constructing hinged porphyrin dyads and cavity systems
RIS ID
29679
Abstract
Norbornene building BLOCKs formed by the reaction of porphyrin 1,3-dienes with norbornadiene or dimethyl tricyclo[4.2.1.0(2,5)]nona-2,7-diene-3,4-dicarboxylate were coupled with an ester-activated cyclobutene epoxide BLOCK to afford the first examples of hinged porphyrin-spacer-acceptor dyads. Similar dual coupling with a bis-(cyclobutene epoxide) formed doubly hinged POR-spacer-POR scaffolds separated by up to 16 sigma-bonds. The ability of the doubly hinged ZnPOR-16 sigma-ZnPOR scaffold to adopt cavity-shaped conformations was indicated by semiempirical AM1 calculations of these conformationally flexible bis-porphyrin scaffolds. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Publication Details
Tang, H., Dong, Z., Merican, Z., Margetic, D., Zeljko, M., Gunter, J., Officer, D. L., Butler, D. and Warrener, R. N. (2009). Hinged bis-porphyrin scaffolds I. The synthesis of a new porphyrin diene and its role in constructing hinged porphyrin dyads and cavity systems. Tetrahedron Letters, 50 (6), 667-670.