Neutral π-associated porphyrin [2]catenanes

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Abstract

A series of neutral porphyrin-containing catenanes has been synthesised, consisting of a zinc porphyrin strapped by a polyethylene glycol chain containing four or six ethylenoxy-units and incorporating a central naphthoquinol unit, interlinked with a naphthalene diimide macrocycle. The napthalene diimide precursor units exhibit only weak binding with the strapped porphyrins (Ka between 8 and 0.02 M(-1)), but good yields of the catenanes were obtained by Glaser coupling of the alkynyl napthalene diimide precursors in the presence of the porphyrins. Structures and solution conformations were determined by mass spectral and detailed 1H NMR studies. For the longer strapped porphyrins, the diimide macrocycle rotates around the central naphthoquinol unit at 420-450 times per second, while rotation is virtually prevented in the tighter strapped derivatives. A second dynamic process occurring in both sets of catenanes and described as 'yawing' leads to inequivalence in the naphthalene moieties. UV-Visible spectra indicate charge transfer interactions and electronic communication between the two components of the catenane.

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