alpha alpha- and alpha beta-Zinc-meso-A(2)B(2)-tetraarylporphyrins with large optical responses to triethylamine

作者：Heier Philip; Foerster Christoph; Schollmeyer Dieter; Boscher Nicolas; Choquet Patrick; Heinze Katja^*

来源：Dalton Transactions, 2013, 42(4): 906-917.

DOI：10.1039/c2dt31943h

Synthesis and separation of alpha alpha- and alpha beta-meso-A(2)B(2)-zinc(II) tetraarylporphyrin atropisomers with A = mesityl and B = ortho-phenylethynyl-phenyl are reported. Both isomers exhibit large optical responses upon axial NEt3 coordination which are visible to the human eye and could therefore be beneficial for the design of smart amine sensing materials. The larger spectral changes as compared to Zn(TPP) are attributed to pronounced distortions of the porphyrin pi-system due to steric interactions of the coordinating amine with the porphyrin periphery. This effect as well as the coordination site of NEt3 at the alpha alpha-isomer have been studied by NMR experiments and were rationalized by DFT calculations and NSD analyses. The solubility in non-polar solvents is greatly enhanced as compared to Zn(TPP), especially of the aa-isomer. This is explained by analysis of the solid state structures as derived from partial single crystal X-ray diffraction studies.

• 出版日期2013