Authors: Yasuyuki Yamada Kentaro Tanaka
Publish Date: 2012/08/19
Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Pages: 180-185
Abstract
We report the synthesis of a novel quinonesandwiched porphyrin in which two benzoquinones are connected oppositely at the meso positions of a porphyrin through rigid 3amido 22′bipyridine linkers 1HNMR and single crystal Xray analyses revealed that the quinonesandwiched porphyrin has a folded structure in which the porphyrin unit was inserted into the two quinone moieties via πstacking Insertion of a ZnII ion into the porphyrin center induced a drastic conformational change which is resulted in coordination of the oxygen atoms of both benzoquinone moieties to the Znporphyrin to afford a 6coordinated structureThis work was financially supported by GrantinAids for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas “Coordination Programming” area 2107 No 21108012 to KT and the Global COE Program for “Elucidation and Design of Materials and Molecular Functions” to KT from the Ministry of Education Culture Sports Science and Technology Japan
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