Recent advances in mixed β-pyrrole substituted meso-tetraphenylporphyrins

Adsorption and photocatalytic applications of porphyrin-based materials for environmental separation processes: A review

As society progresses and industrializes, the issue of water pollution, caused by a wide array of organic and inorganic pollutants, poses significant risks to both human well-being and the environment. Given its distinctive characteristics, water pollution has become a paramount concern for society, necessitating immediate attention. Numerous studies have been conducted on wastewater treatment, primarily focusing on two key approaches: adsorption and photocatalytic degradation. Adsorption offers unparalleled advantages, including its simplicity, high removal efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. Conversely, photocatalysis harnesses abundant, clean, and non-polluting sunlight, addressing the critical issue of energy scarcity. Porphyrins, which are macrocyclic tetrapyrrole derivatives found widely in nature, have attracted growing interest in recent years. These lipophilic pigments exhibit remarkable chemical stability and have retained their major structural features for up to 1.1 billion years. As such, they are considered vital indicators of life and have been extensively studied, from the remnants of extinct organisms to gain insights into the principles of evolution. Porphyrins are often associated with a central metal ion within their ring system and can be modified through various substituents, including additional rings or ring opening, resulting in a wide range of functionalities. This comprehensive review summarizes recent advancements in the field of porphyrins. It begins by introducing the structures and preparation methods of porphyrins. Subsequently, it delves into notable applications of porphyrins in the context of pollutant adsorption in water and their environmentally friendly photocatalytic degradation.

Synthesis and Self-Assembly of β-Octa[(4-Diethoxyphosphoryl)phenyl]porphyrins

The β-substituted porphyrinoids commonly used to form functional assembled systems in nature yet are still scarcely used in material chemistry probably due to the laborious synthesis of these compounds. In this work, β-octa[(4-diethoxyphosphoryl)phenyl]porphyrin (2HOPPP) and its metal (Zn(II), Cd(II), Cu(II), and Ni(II)) complexes were prepared in good yields. These highly soluble chromophores were characterized in solution using spectroscopic (NMR, UV-vis, fluorescence), electrochemical, and spectroelectrochemical methods. Attachment of the electron-deficient residue (ArP(O)(OEt)₂) to the porphyrin macrocycle leads to easier reductions and harder oxidations of the macrocycle for all complexes studied as compared to corresponding meso-tetra[4-(diethoxyphosphoryl)phenyl]porphyrin derivatives reported previously. We demonstrated that the strong electron-deficient character of the MOPPP porphyrins results principally from the increase in the number of electron-withdrawing groups at the periphery of the tetrapyrrolic macrocycle. Electron-deficient porphyrins are highly required in supramolecular and material chemistry in part due to their ability to form supramolecular assemblies via the coordination of axial ligands to the central metal atom. According to single-crystal X-ray data, ZnOPPP forms in the crystalline phase dimers in which each of the two tetrapyrrolic macrocycles is connected through an unusual combination of hydrogen bonding of two phosphoryl groups and the water molecules axially coordinated to the zinc atom of the partner molecule. The involvement of water molecules in porphyrin binding allows for an increase of distance between two porphyrin mean N₄ planes, up to 4.478 Å. The offset of phosphoryl groups attached to the macrocycle through a 1,4-phenylene spacer withdraws the whole porphyrin macrocycle of one molecule from spatial overlap with the macrocycle of a partner molecule and increases the Zn-Zn distance up to 10.372 Å. This still unknown type of porphyrin dimers allows one to get deeper insights into the organization of naturally occurring tetrapyrrolic macrocycles. ZnOPPP also forms a labile dimeric complex in 5.3 × 10^-7-5.8 × 10^-5 M chloroform solutions. In contrast, other complexes prepared in this work exist as monomeric species under these experimental conditions. The self-association constant of ZnOPPP has been determined by electronic absorption spectroscopy.

Chirogenesis in Zinc Porphyrins: Theoretical Evaluation of Electronic Transitions, Controlling Structural Factors and Axial Ligation

In the present work, sixteen different zinc porphyrins (possessing different meso substituents) with and without a chiral guest were modelled using DFT and TD-DFT approaches in order to understand the influence of various controlling factors on electronic circular dichroism (ECD) spectra. Two major aspects are influenced by these factors: excitation energy of the electronic transitions and their intensity. In the case of excitation energy, the influence increases in the following order: orientation of the peripheral substituents Collapse

Key Words

• circular dichroism
• density functional calculations
• porphyrins
• supramolecular chemistry
• transition metals

Collapse

MESH Headings Collapse

Grants

• PUTJD749 Estonian Research Council
• PRG399 Estonian Research Council
• 828779 European Union's H2020-FETOPEN
• Estonian Research Council

Collapse

Affiliation(s)

Irina Osadchuk Department of Chemistry and BiotechnologySchool of ScienceTallinn University of Technology AddressAkadeemia tee 1512618TallinnEstonia ICGMUniv MontpellierCNRS, ENSCMMontpellierFrance
Riina Aav Department of Chemistry and BiotechnologySchool of ScienceTallinn University of Technology AddressAkadeemia tee 1512618TallinnEstonia
Victor Borovkov Department of Chemistry and BiotechnologySchool of ScienceTallinn University of Technology AddressAkadeemia tee 1512618TallinnEstonia
Eric Clot ICGMUniv MontpellierCNRS, ENSCMMontpellierFrance

Collapse

Effect of solvent on the electronic absorption spectral properties of mixed β-octasubstituted free base tetraphenylporphyrins

A near planar macrocycle containing 2,3,12,13-tetraphenylethynyl-5,10,15,20-tetrakis-(4[Formula: see text]-[Formula: see text]-butylphenyl)porphyrin, H2T(4[Formula: see text]-[Formula: see text]-Bu Ph)P(PE)4 and a series of antipodally mixed substituted nonplanar porphyrins, 2,3,5,10,12,13,15,20-octaphenyl-7,8,17,18-tetra(2[Formula: see text]-thienyl/phenylethynyl, PE)porphyrin, H2OPP(2[Formula: see text]-Th/PE)4 and 2,3,12,13-tetramethyl-7,8,17,18-tetra(2[Formula: see text]-thienyl/PE)-5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphyrin, H2TPP(CH[Formula: see text](2[Formula: see text]-Th/PE)4were examined by electronic absorption spectroscopy in twenty different solvents. The presence of push-pull substituents at the antipodal [Formula: see text]-pyrrole positions of the nonplanar macrocycle induces varying degrees of orthogonal dipole moments to the porphyrin ring. The influence of different solvents on the degree of nonplanarity and electronic nature of the macrocycle on their electronic absorption spectral properties were examined. Generally, free base porphyrins showed dramatic solvent dependent absorption spectral band shifts and follow the order: H2OPP(PE)4 > H2OPP(2[Formula: see text]-Th)[Formula: see text] H2TPP(CH[Formula: see text](2[Formula: see text]-Th)4 >[Formula: see text]H2TPP(CH[Formula: see text](PE)4 > H2T(4[Formula: see text]-[Formula: see text]Bu Ph)P(PE)4. Absorption spectral data in different solvents was analyzed using selected solvatochromic parameters, ([Formula: see text] – 1)/(2[Formula: see text] + 1), [Formula: see text] (30),[Formula: see text], and [Formula: see text]*. The enhanced red-shift of the absorption bands of the mixed substituted porphyrins in polar solvents was influenced by solvent-core (porphyrin) interaction and is reflected from the 1H NMR chemical shift of the core imino-hydrogens in polar solvents relative that observed in less polar solvents. The magnitude of the difference in chemical shift ([Formula: see text], ppm) of imino-hydrogens in DMSO-d6 relative to that in CDCl3 follow the order: H2TPP(CH[Formula: see text](2[Formula: see text]-Th)4 (1.37 ppm) > H2OPP(PE)4 (1.17 ppm) > H2TPP(CH[Formula: see text](PE)4 (0.57 ppm). The large red-shift in B and Q bands in polar solvents relative to apolar (or less polar) solvents has been possible due to the combined effect of the electronic nature of the macrocycle, its nonplanarity, and solvent-porphyrin core interactions.

Synthesis and Suzuki-Miyaura cross coupling reactions for post-synthetic modification of a tetrabromo-anthracenyl porphyrin

The outstanding properties of porphyrins and the extreme versatility of their synthesis and their functionalisation constitute real assets for the fabrication of opto- and electroactive materials or for biological applications. In the large collection of porphyrinic structures, meso-substituted anthracenylporphyrins are among the less studied. Here, we synthesised the 5,10,15,20-tetra-bromoanthracenylporphyrin (BrTAP) and we investigated its chemical reactivity by post-synthetic modification using Suzuki-Miyaura cross coupling reactions with a series of boronic acids to generate a collection of original tetra-anthracenyl porphyrin based molecules: tetraphenylanthracenylporphyrin (TPAP), tetratolylanthracenylporphyrin (TTAP), tetramethoxyphenylanthracenylporphyrin (TMPAP), tetranaphthylanthracenylporphyrin (TNAP) and tetrapyrenylanthracenylporphyrin (TPyAP). Optical characterisations of these modified porphyrins showed, in most cases, only emission of the porphyrin in the visible region with extinction of the fluorescence of PAHs in the UV or visible region.

Effect of solvent on the electronic absorption spectral properties of some mixed β-octasubstituted Zn(II)-tetraphenylporphyrins

A series of mixed β-octasubstituted Zn(II)-porphyrins, 2,3,12,13-tetra(chloro/cyano/methyl)-5,7,8,10,15,17,18,20-octaphenylporphinato zinc(II), ZnTPP(Ph)₄X₄ (X=CN, Cl and CH₃) have been examined by electronic absorption spectroscopy in various solvents. These Zn(II)-porphyrins exhibited varying degree of red-shift of absorption bands as high as 20-30nm in 'B' band and 50-60nm in longest wavelength band, 'Q(0,0)' band in polar solvents relative to that found in nonpolar solvents. The red-shift of B and Q(0,0) bands showed an unusual trend, ZnTPP(Ph)₄(CN)₄>ZnTPP(Ph)₄(CH₃)₄>ZnTPP(Ph)₄Cl₄ but fails to follow an anticipated anodic shift in first porphyrin ring oxidation (vs Ag/AgCl) potential: ZnTPP(Ph)₄(CN)₄ (1.02V)>ZnTPP(Ph)₄Cl₄ (0.74V)>ZnTPP(Ph)₄(CH₃)₄ (0.38V). Such a trend suggests the combined effect of non-planarity of the macrocycle and electronic effect of the peripheral substituents. The equilibrium constants for the binding of nitrogenous bases with the Zn(II)-porphyrins showed as high as twenty fold increase for ZnTPP(Ph)₄X₄ (X=Br and CN) relative to ZnTPP(Ph)₄(CH₃)₄ and follow the order: ZnTPP(Ph)₄(CN)₄>ZnTPP(Ph)₄Br₄>ZnTPP(Ph)₄(CH₃)₄≤ZnTPP which is approximately in line with an increase in anodic shift of their first ring redox potentials (ZnTPP(Ph)₄(CN)₄ (1.02V)>ZnTPP(Ph)₄Br₄ (0.72V)>ZnTPP (0.84V)>ZnTPP(Ph)₄(CH₃)₄) (0.38V).

Synthesis, Acid-Base Properties, Kinetics and Mechanism of Cu2+ Incorporation into Water-Soluble Highly Substituted Porphyrins

The synthesis, acid-base properties, and kinetics of Cu[Formula: see text] incorporation into water-soluble highly substituted porphyrins were studied. The basicity increased and the stepwise acid-base equilibrium was clarified by increasing the number of phenyl groups at the [Formula: see text] position, and the basicity of a dodeca-substituted porphyrin increased with the ionic strength. The metalation reaction of the dodeca-substituted porphyrin with Cu[Formula: see text] in aqueous solution revealed a biphasic absorbance change at 453 nm. Plots of [Formula: see text] or[Formula: see text] vs. the Cu[Formula: see text] concentration and of log ([Formula: see text] or[Formula: see text]/[Formula: see text] 0) vs. the ionic strength show that [Formula: see text] is dependent on the Cu[Formula: see text] concentration and ionic strength, while [Formula: see text] is independent of these parameters. These results confirm the stepwise metalation mechanism and the existence of an intermediate in aqueous solution, which is indicated by the biphasic absorbance change at 453 nm.

An insight into the communication between β-olefin/phenyl olefin-mediated acceptors and porphyrin π-system: a way to establish porphyrin based chemodosimeters and chemosensors

Porphyrins bearing electron acceptors attached to β-carbon through olefin or phenyl–olefin bridges act as chemodosimeters for CN⁻ as well as chemosensors for F⁻, CN⁻ and OAc⁻ ions depends on acceptor strength and position.