Synthesis of fluorinated acid-functionalized, electron rich nickel porphyrins

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Otto-Diels-Institut für Organische Chemie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Beilstein Arch. 2024, 202460. https://doi.org/10.3762/bxiv.2024.60.v1

Published 24 Sep 2024

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Abstract

In this study, novel fluorinated, carboxylic acid esters of the generic structure: TfO‑CH2-(CF2)n-COOCH3 (n = 2,4,6, Tf = triflate) were synthesized. The triflates were reacted with 2-hydroxy-3,4,5-trimethoxybenzaldehyde via Williamson ether syntheses. The resulting electron-rich compounds were used as aldehydes in the Rothemund reaction with pyrrole to form ester-substituted porphyrins. After metalation with Ni(acac)2 and hydrolysis electron-rich porphyrins were obtained, that are equipped with covalently attached long chain acid substituents. The target compounds have potential applications in catalysis, sensing, and materials science. The fluorinated aliphatic  carboxylic acids (TfO‑CH2-(CF2)n-COOCH3) with triflate as leaving group in terminal position are easily accessible and versatile building blocks for binding long chain acids (pKa 0-1) to substrates in Williamson ether-type reactions.

Keywords: Nickel porphyrin; acid-functionalized porphyrin; electron-rich porphyrin; perfluorinated aliphatic carboxylic acids; porphyrin synthesis.

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Brockmann, M.; Lobbel, J.; Unterriker, L.; Herges, R. Beilstein Arch. 2024, 202460. doi:10.3762/bxiv.2024.60.v1

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