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Alkyl- and aryl-substituted corroles. 5. Synthesis, physicochemical properties, and X-ray structural characterization of copper biscorroles and porphyrin-corrole dyads.

The synthesis and characterization of cofacial copper biscorroles and porphyrin-corroles linked by a biphenylenyl or anthracenyl spacer are described. The investigated compounds are represented as (BCA)Cu(2) and (BCB)Cu(2) in the case of the biscorrole (BC) derivatives and (PCA)Cu(2) and (PCB)Cu(2) in the case of porphyrin (P)-corrole (C) dyads, where A and B represent the anthracenyl and biphenylenyl bridges, respectively. A related monomeric corrole (Me(4)Ph(5)Cor)Cu and monomeric porphyrin (Me(2)Et(6)PhP)Cu that comprise the two halves of the porphyrin-corrole dyads were also studied. Electron spin resonance (ESR), (1)H NMR, and magnetic measurements data demonstrate that the copper corrole macrocycle, when linked to another copper corrole or copper(II) porphyrin, can be considered to be a Cu(III) complex in equilibrium with a Cu(II) radical species, copper(III) corrole being the main oxidation state of the corrole species at all temperatures. The cofacial orientation of (BCB)Cu(2), (BCA)Cu(2), and (PCB)Cu(2) was confirmed by X-ray crystallography. Structural data: (BCB)Cu(2)(C(110)H(82)N(8)Cu(2).3CDCl(3)), triclinic, space group P, a = 10.2550(2) A, b = 16.3890(3) A, c = 29.7910(8) A, alpha = 74.792(1) degrees , beta = 81.681(1) degrees , gamma = 72.504(2) degrees , Z = 2; (BCA)Cu(2)(C(112)H(84)N(8)Cu(2).C(7)H(8).1.5H(2)O), monoclinic, space group P 2(1)/c, a = 16.0870(4) A, b = 35.109(2) A, c = 19.1390(8) A, beta = 95.183(3) degrees , Z = 4; (PCB)Cu(2)(C(89)H(71)N(8)Cu(2).CHCl(3)), monoclinic, space group P2(1)/n, a = 16.7071(3) A, b = 10.6719(2) A, c = 40.8555(8) A, beta = 100.870(1) degrees , Z = 4. The two cofacial biscorroles, (BCA)Cu(2) and (BCB)Cu(2), both show three electrooxidations under the same solution conditions. The reduction of (BCA)Cu(2) involves a reversible electron addition to each macrocycle at the same potential of E(1/2) = -0.20 V although (BCB)Cu(2) is reversibly reduced in two steps to give first [(BCB)Cu(2)](-) and then [(BCB)Cu(2)](2)(-), each of which was characterized by ESR spectroscopy as containing a Cu(II) center. These latter electrode reactions occur at E(1/2) = -0.36 and -0.51 V versus a saturated calomel reference electrode. The half-reduced and fully reduced (BCB)Cu(2) show similar Cu(II) ESR spectra, and no evidence of a triplet signal is observed. The two well-separated reductions of (BCB)Cu(2) to give [(BCB)Cu(2)](2)(-) can be attributed to a stronger pi-pi interaction between the two macrocycles of this dimer as compared to those of (BCA)Cu(2). The copper porphyrin-corrole dyads, (PCA)Cu(2) and (PCB)Cu(2), show five reversible oxidations and two reversible reductions, and these potentials are compared with corresponding values for electrochemical reactions of the porphyrin and corrole monomers under the same solution conditions.

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Synthesis, characterization, and X-ray crystal structures of cyclam derivatives. 5. Copper(II) binding studies of a pyridine-strapped 5,12-dioxocyclam-based macrobicycle.

The copper(II) binding properties of the macrobicyclic diamide 1,9,12,18,22-pentaazatricyclo[7.6.6.1(3,7)]docosa-3,5,7(22)-triene-13,19-dione (L1) have been fully investigated by spectroscopic (IR, UV-vis, EPR, MALDI-TOF MS), X-ray diffraction, potentiometric, electrochemical, and spectroelectrochemical methods. This constrained receptor possesses a hemispherical cavity created by cross-bridging the 1 and 8 positions of trans-dioxocyclam (1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane-5,12-dione, L2) with a 2,6-pyridyl strap. Treatment of L1 with a copper salt in methanol produces a red complex of [Cu(L1H(-1))]+ formula in which the copper atom is embedded in a 13-membered ring and coordinated by both amines as well as the pyridine and one deprotonated amide nitrogen atoms. Infrared spectroscopy provides evidence for protonation of the carbonyl oxygen atom belonging to the copper-bound amide of [Cu(L1H(-1))]+ under strongly acidic conditions. The resulting conversion of the amidate into an iminol group highlights the inert character of the corresponding complexes, which do not dissociate at low pH values. In contrast, both secondary amides of L1 deprotonate in the presence of a weak base, thus affording a blue pentacoordinated [Cu(L1H(-2))] compound where the copper atom sits in the center of the 14-membered dioxocyclam fragment. In aqueous solution, both complexes undergo a pH-driven (pK(a) = 8.73(2)) molecular reorganization, which is reminiscent of a glider motion. The copper(II) cation switches rapidly and reversibly from a four-coordinate flattened tetrahedral arrangement of the donor atoms in the red species to a five-coordinate environment in the blue species, which is intermediate between a square pyramid and a trigonal bipyramid. Conversion of the red to the blue form was also demonstrated to occur upon reduction of [Cu(L1H(-1))]+ by cyclic voltammetry (E(pc) = -0.64 V/SCE in CH(3)CN).

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Mechanism of four-electron reduction of dioxygen to water by ferrocene derivatives in the presence of perchloric acid in benzonitrile, catalyzed by cofacial dicobalt porphyrins.

The selective two-electron reduction of dioxygen occurs in the case of a monocobalt porphyrin [Co(OEP)], whereas the selective four-electron reduction of dioxygen occurs in the case of a cofacial dicobalt porphyrin [Co(2)(DPX)]. The other cofacial dicobalt porphyrins [Co(2)(DPA), Co(2)(DPB), and Co(2)(DPD)] also catalyze the two-electron reduction of dioxygen, but the four-electron reduction is not as efficient as in the case of Co(2)(DPX). The micro-superoxo species of cofacial dicobalt porphyrins were produced by the reactions of cofacial dicobalt(II) porphyrins with dioxygen in the presence of a bulky base and the subsequent one-electron oxidation of the resulting micro-peroxo species by iodine. The superhyperfine structure due to two equivalent cobalt nuclei was observed at room temperature in the ESR spectra of the micro-superoxo species. The superhyperfine coupling constant of the micro-superoxo species of Co(2)(DPX) is the largest among those of cofacial dicobalt porphyrins. This indicates that the efficient catalysis by Co(2)(DPX) for the four-electron reduction of dioxygen by Fe(C(5)H(4)Me)(2) results from the strong binding of the reduced oxygen with Co(2)(DPX) which has a subtle distance between two cobalt nuclei for the oxygen binding. Mechanisms of the catalytic two-electron and four-electron reduction of dioxygen by ferrocene derivatives will be discussed on the basis of detailed kinetics studies on the overall catalytic reactions as well as on each redox reaction in the catalytic cycle. The turnover-determining step in the Co(OEP)-catalyzed two-electron reduction of dioxygen is an electron transfer from ferrocene derivatives to Co(OEP)(+), whereas the turnover-determining step in the Co(2)(DPX)-catalyzed four-electron reduction of dioxygen changes from the electron transfer to the O-O bond cleavage of the peroxo species of Co(2)(DPX), depending on the electron donor ability of ferrocene derivatives.

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Metallocorroles as sensing components for gas sensors: remarkable affinity and selectivity of cobalt(III) corroles for CO vs. O2 and N2.

Most commercially available CO detectors are based upon metal oxides or electrochemical cell technologies. None of these approaches use the selective adsorption of CO gas on a molecular complex. Conversely, cobalt(III) corroles can bind small gaseous molecules allowing them for an application as sensing components for gas detectors. Here we describe the ability of cobalt corroles to selectively coordinate carbon monoxide vs. dinitrogen and dioxygen. The coordination properties were determined in the solid state and the adsorption characteristics were compared to those of the reference compound (To-PivPP)Fe(1,2-Me2Im), known for its remarkable CO binding properties. The adsorption data evidence that the selectivity, affinity and capacity of the cobalt(III) corroles for CO are larger than those of the porphyrin complex. However, from a chemical point of view, the selectivity of cobalt(III) corroles for CO vs. O2 is infinite since these derivatives do not bind O2 while (To-PivPP)Fe(1,2-Me2Im) does with an M value (PO2(1/2)/PCO(1/2)) equal to 51. In this manuscript we also show that the affinity of cobalt(III) corroles for CO is closely related to the Lewis acid character of the central cobalt(III) ion and therefore to the nature of the substituents at the periphery of the corrole macroring.

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Role of the spacer in the singlet-singlet energy transfer mechanism (Förster vs Dexter) in cofacial bisporphyrins.

The cofacial bisporphyrins H4DPS (DPS = 4,6-bis[5-(2,8,13,17-tetraethyl-3,7,12,18-tetramethylporphyrinyl)]dibenzothiophene), H4DPO (DPO = 4,6-bis[5-(2,8,13,17-tetraethyl-3,7,12,18-tetramethylporphyrinyl)]dibenzofuran), H4DPX (DPX = 4,5-bis[5-(2,8,13,17-tetraethyl-3,7,12,18-tetramethylporphyrinyl)]-9,9-dimethylxanthene), H4DPA (DPA = 1,8-bis[5-(2,8,13,17-tetraethyl-3,7,12,18-tetramethylporphyrinyl)]anthracene), and H4DPB (DPB = 1,8-bis[5-(2,8,13,17-tetraethyl-3,7,12,18-tetramethylporphyrinyl)]biphenylene) have been monometalated by Zn(OAc)2.2H2O and by GaCl3 to explore the singlet-singlet energy transfer from the photoexcited metal porphyrin center to the linked free base porphyrin. The spectroscopic (UV-vis and fluorescence) and photophysical properties (fluorescence lifetimes, tauF, and quantum yields, phiF) have been investigated at 298 and 77 K in degassed 2-MeTHF for the donor-acceptor systems, (Zn)H2DPS, (Zn)H2DPO, (Zn)H2DPA, (Zn)H2DPX, and (Zn)H2DPB, as well as for the bis-zinc complexes, (Zn)2DPS, (Zn)2DPO, (Zn)2DPX, and (Zn)2DPB, respectively, and the monoporphyrin derivatives, H2P, (Zn)P, and (Ga-OMe)P (P2- = 5-phenyl-2,8,13,17-tetraethyl-3,7,12,18-tetramethylporphyrin-dianion). The singlet-singlet energy transfer rate constants (KET) were obtained using KET = (1/tauF -1/tauFo), where tauFo is the fluorescence lifetime of the corresponding bis-zinc(II) systems (or (Zn)P and (Ga-OMe)P) where no energy transfer occurs. The tauF value for three bis-zinc(II) compounds varies from 1.69 to 2.01 ns and is 1.84 (at 298 K) and 3.20 ns (at 77 K) for (Ga-OMe)P. In the donor-acceptor bismacrocycles, depending on the spacer and the temperature, the fluorescence lifetimes decrease down to 50-240 ps. The KET values range from approximately 4 to approximately 21 (ns(-1)) and have been analyzed considering both the Förster and the Dexter mechanisms. Using the C(meso)-C(meso) distance parameters in the calculations, the Förster and Dexter mechanisms operate for DPS and DPO, and for DPA, DPX, and DPB spacer systems, respectively. The limit distance where one mechanism dominates over the other is estimated to be around 5-6 A.

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Alkyl- and aryl-substituted corroles. 4. Solvent effects on the electrochemical and spectral properties of cobalt corroles.

Solvent effects on the electrochemistry and spectroscopic properties of alkyl- and aryl-substituted corroles in nonaqueous media are reported. The oxidation and reduction of six compounds containing zero to seven phenyl or substituted phenyl groups on the macrocycle were studied in four different nonaqueous solvents (CH(2)Cl(2), PhCN, THF, and pyridine) containing 0.1 M tetra-n-butylammonium perchlorate. Dimers were formed upon oxidation of all corroles in CH(2)Cl(2), but this was not the case in the other three solvents, where either monomers or dimers were formed upon oxidation depending upon the solvent Gutmann donor number and the number or location of aryl substituents on the macrocycle. The half-wave potentials were analyzed as a function of the number of aryl substituents on the macrocycle as well as the concentration of added pyridine to PhCN solutions of the compound, and these data were combined with data from the spectroelectrochemistry experiments to determine the stoichiometry of the species actually in solution after the first oxidation or first reduction of each compound. The results of these experiments indicate that reduction of the bispyridine adduct (Cor)Co(III)(py)(2) proceeds via the monopyridine complex (Cor)Co(III)(py) to give in each case the unligated cobalt(II) corrole [(Cor)Co(II)](-). In contrast, pyridine remains coordinated after electrooxidation, and the final product was characterized as [(Cor)Co(III)(py)(2)](+).

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Coordination chemistry in the solid: evidence for coordination modes within hybrid materials different from those in solution.

Two routes of incorporation of europium(III) salts into cyclam-containing hybrid materials have been explored, to elucidate the coordination mode of EuIII in cyclam-containing hybrid materials in a study of the arrangement of cyclam moieties during the solgel process. They were 1) complexation of europium salts by N-tetrasubstituted 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane (cyclam) derivatives bearing four hydrolysable Si(OEt)3 groups, followed by hydrolysis and polycondensation of these complexes; and 2) hydrolysis and polycondensation of N-tetrasubstituted silylated cyclam derivatives, then incorporation of europium salts directly into the hybrid materials. The coordination mode of europium salts within solids is not the same as in solution. In solution, the complexation of EuIII with cyclam is not possible; it requires cyclam derivatives containing N-chelating substituents such as amido groups in an appropriate geometry. In contrast, the incorporation of EuIII into hybrid materials is always possible, whatever the nature of the arms of the cyclam moieties. Thus, EuIII uptake is one EuIII/two macrocycles with cyclam moieties containing N-alkyl substituents. This constitutes the first example of 4N + 4N lanthanide coordination.

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Synthesis of corroles bearing up to three different meso substituents.

[reaction: see text] We have developed a new method that affords regioisomerically pure corroles possessing up to three different substituents at the meso positions. The corrole formation reaction involves the acid-catalyzed condensation of a dipyrromethane-dicarbinol with pyrrole followed by oxidation with DDQ. ABC-Type corroles were synthesized for the first time according to this procedure.

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Alkyl and aryl substituted corroles. 3. Reactions of cofacial cobalt biscorroles and porphyrin-corroles with pyridine and carbon monoxide.

The synthesis and characterization of three new cofacial biscorroles and three new linked Co(II) porphyrins and Co(III) corroles with the same face to face orientation are described. The biscorroles are represented as (BCS)Co(2), (BCO)Co(2), (BCX)Co(2) while the porphyrin-corrole dyads are represented as (PCA)Co(2), (PCB)Co(2), (PCO)Co(2) where BC represents the Co(III) cofacial biscorroles and PC represents the porphyrin-corrole complexes which are linked to each other by a dibenzothiophene (S), dibenzofuran (O), or 9,9-dimethylxanthene (X) bridge in the case of the corroles and an anthracene (A), biphenylene (B), or dibenzofuran (O) bridge in the case of the mixed macrocycle derivatives. The electrochemical and spectroscopic data on these new bismacrocycles are compared to those of previously reported biscorroles of the type (BCA)Co(2) and (BCB)Co(2). The CO and/or pyridine binding properties of each biscorrole and porphyrin-corrole in CH(2)Cl(2) are also presented. Only one CO ligand is bound axially to each corrole unit of the bismacrocycle but five- and six-coordinate pyridine complexes can be generated for the same compounds, with the exact stoichiometry depending upon the concentration of pyridine in solution. In all cases, the six-coordinate bispyridine corrole complex can be unambiguously identified by a strong diagnostic marker band located at 598-601 nm. The formation constants for pyridine binding to the biscorroles range from log K(1) = 3.14 to 5.08 while log K(2) ranges from 1.10 to 2.61 depending upon the specific spacer. Carbon monoxide binding constants range from log K = 3.6 to 4.0 in the case of the biscorroles and from log K = 3.4 to 4.1 in the case of the porphyrin-corrole dyads. These values also depend on the specific spacer in the complex and, like the pyridine binding constants, decrease in the order BCO > BCA > BCB for the biscorroles and PCO > PCA > PCB for the porphyrin-corrole complexes.

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[(1,4,8,11-Tetraazacyclotetradeca-1,4,8,11-tetrayl)tetraacetamide-kappa6N1,N4,N8,N11,O1,O8]copper(II) sulfate 4.5-hydrate.

The crystal structure of the title copper(II) complex, [Cu(C(18)H(36)N(8)O(4))]SO(4).4.5H(2)O, formed with the tetraamide cyclam derivative 2-(4,8,11-triscarbamoylmethyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradec-1-yl)acetamide (TETAM), is described. The macrocycle lies on an inversion centre occupied by the hexacoordinated Cu atom. The four macrocyclic tertiary amines form the equatorial plane of an axially Jahn-Teller elongated octahedron. Two O atoms belonging to two diagonally opposite amide groups occupy the apical positions, giving rise to a trans-III stereochemistry, while both the remaining pendant side arms extend outwards from the macrocyclic cavity and are engaged in hydrogen bonds with sulfate anions and co-crystallized water molecules.

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Migration Reactivities of sigma-Bonded Ligands of Organoiron and Organocobalt Porphyrins Depending on Different High Oxidation States.

Migration reactivities of sigma-bonded organo-iron and -cobalt porphyrins were examined as a function of the compound oxidation state. Migration rates were determined for both the one-electron and two-electron oxidized species produced in the electron-transfer oxidation with different oxidants in acetonitrile at 298 K. The investigated compounds are represented as [(OETPP)Fe(R)](n)()(+), where n = 1 or 2, OETPP = the dianion of 2,3,7,8,12,13,17,18-octaethyl-5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphyrin, and R = C(6)H(5), 3,5-C(6)F(2)H(3), or C(6)F(5), and as [(TPP)Co(R)](n)()(+), where n = 1 or 2, TPP = the dianion of 5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphyrin, and R = CH(3) or C(6)H(5). The rapid two-electron oxidation of (OETPP)Fe(III)(R) occurs with [Ru(bpy)(3)](3+) (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine) to produce [(OETPP)Fe(IV)(R)](2+). The formation of this species is followed by a slow migration of the sigma-bonded R group to a nitrogen of the porphyrin ring to give [(N-ROETPP)Fe(II)](2+) and then by a rapid electron-transfer oxidation of the migrated product with [Ru(bpy)(3)](3+) to yield [(N-ROETPP)Fe(III)](3+) as a final product. When [Ru(bpy)(3)](3+) is replaced by a much weaker oxidant such as ferricenium ion, only the one-electron oxidation of (OETPP)Fe(R) occurs to produce [(OETPP)Fe(IV)(R)](+). A migration of the R group also occurs in the one-electron oxidized porphyrin species, [(OETPP)Fe(IV)(R)](+), to produce [(N-ROETPP)Fe(II)](+), which is rapidly oxidized by ferricenium ion to yield [(N-ROETPP)Fe(III)](2+). The migration rate of the R group in [(OETPP)Fe(IV)(R)](+) is about 10(4) times slower than the migration rate of the corresponding two-electron oxidized species, [(OETPP)Fe(IV)(R)](2+). The migration rate of the sigma-bonded ligand of [(TPP)Co(IV)(R)](+), produced by the one-electron oxidation of (TPP)Co(III)(R) with [Fe(phen)(3)](3+) (phen = 1,10-phenanthroline) is also about 10(4) times slower than the migration rate of the R group in the corresponding two-electron oxidized species, [(TPP)Co(IV)(R)](2+), which is produced by the two-electron oxidation with [Ru(bpy)(3)](3+). A comparison of the migration rates with the oxidation states of the porphyrins indicates that the migration occurs via an intramolecular electron transfer from the R group to the Fe(IV) or Co(IV) metal of the organometallic porphyrin.

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Photophysical properties of a rhodium tetraphenylporphyrin-tin corrole dyad. The first example of a through metal-metal bond energy transfer.

The luminescence spectroscopy study and the determination of the photophysical parameters for the M-M'-bonded rhodium meso-tetraphenylporphyrin-tin(2,3,7,13,17,18-hexamethyl-8,12-diethylcorrole) complex, (TPP)Rh-Sn(Me6Et2Cor) 1, was investigated. The emission bands as well as the lifetimes (tau(e)) and the quantum yields (Phi(e); at 77 K using 2MeTHF as solvent) were compared with those of (TPP)RhI 2 (TPP = tetraphenylporphyrin) and (Me6Et2Cor)SnCl 3 (Me6Et2Cor = 2,3,7,13,17,18-hexamethyl-8,12-diethylcorrole) which are the two chemical precursors of 1. The energy diagram has been established from the absorption, fluorescence and phosphorescence spectra. The Rh(TPP) and Sn(Me6Et2Cor) chromophores are the energy donor (D) and acceptor (A), respectively. The total absence of fluorescence in 1 (while fluorescence is observed in the tin derivative 3) indicates efficient excited state deactivation, presumably due to heavy atom effect and intramolecular energy transfer (ET). The large decreases in tau(P) and Phi(P) of the Rh(TPP) chromophore going from 2 to 1 indicate a significant intramolecular ET in the triplet states of 1 with an estimated rate ranging between 10(6) and 10(8) s(-1). Based on the comparison of transfer rates with other related dyads that exhibit similar D-A separations and no M-M' bond, and for which slower through space ET processes (10(2)-10(3) s(-1)) operate, a through M-M' bond ET has been unambiguously assigned to 1.

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