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Tetrapyrrole Derivatives Substituted with Ferrocenylethynyl Moieties. Synthesis and Electrochemical Studies

2001; American Chemical Society; Volume: 66; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1021/jo0004308

1520-6904

Ka-Wo Poon, Wei Liu, Pui-Kwan Chan, Qingchuan Yang, T.‐W. Dominic Chan, Thomas C. W. Mak, Dennis K. P. Ng,

Ferrocene Chemistry and Applications

Up to eight redox-active ferrocenyl units have been incorporated, through the unsaturated ethynyl linkers, on the periphery of a series of cyclic tetrapyrrole derivatives including zinc(II) phthalocyanine and 2,3-naphthalocyanine, and nickel(II) meso-diphenylporphyrin. The synthesis of the former two macrocycles 4 and 7 involves the Sonogashira coupling reaction of ferrocenylethyne with 4,5-dichlorophthalonitrile (1) or 6,7-dibromonaphthalonitrile (5), respectively, followed by a base-promoted cyclization. The meso-bis(ferrocenylethynyl)porphyrin 11 has been prepared from the dibromo analogue 10 also by a palladium-catalyzed coupling reaction. These novel macrocyclic compounds have been spectroscopically and electrochemically characterized. As revealed by cyclic voltammetry, the ferrocenyl moieties appear to be electrochemically independent in these complexes and there is no significant electronic coupling among the iron(II) centers.