1.1 Porphyrins - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
1.1 Porphyrins - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
1.1 Porphyrins - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
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1 Introduction<br />
complexes are usually prepared from metal salts (most often acetates or acetylacetonates)<br />
in organic solvents at room or elevated temperatures. These procedures are generally well<br />
suitable especially for most of the lighter transition metals (e.g. Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn) and<br />
were also applied in the course of this thesis. Sometimes, a metal carbonyl approach (e.g. for<br />
Ru, Os) or the utilization of metal amides as base is necessary but those are less common. 40<br />
After having discussed the build-up of systems, it shall now be focused on the systems<br />
properties.<br />
<strong>1.1</strong>.3 Aromaticity, Spectroscopy & Electronic Properties<br />
Most porphyrins have a planar, conjugated π-system consistent of C-C double bonds and<br />
nitrogen lone pairs. In analogy to [18]annulenes, porphyrins are considered as bis-etheno<br />
bridged aza-analogues meaning that only nine double bonds and none of the nitrogen lone<br />
pairs are directly involved in the aromaticity. 41 Another approach based on computational<br />
molecular dynamics assumes the presence of an aromatic “inner cross”. Both views are<br />
depicted in Scheme 10. Independent of the points of view, the systems always fulfill HÜCKEL’s<br />
rule (4n+2 π-electrons) and hence are considered aromatic. 42,43 This feature strongly<br />
influences NMR and UV/Vis spectroscopy as well as reactivities.<br />
10<br />
NH N<br />
N<br />
N<br />
HN<br />
HN NH N<br />
N<br />
NH N<br />
Scheme 10. Mesomeric structures of porphin 2 in respect to the abovementioned<br />
assumptions for the aromatic character. Analogy to diaza-[18]annulene (left) and the inner<br />
cross approach (right).<br />
The magnetic field used with NMR spectroscopy causes a ring current within the macrocycle.<br />
So the β-pyrrolic protons get deshielded and their resonances shift to lower field. The effect<br />
is stronger than for benzene analogues and thus the signals are usually observed around<br />
9 ppm. The same ring current effect is responsible for the shielding of the inner ring amine<br />
protons and gives rise to a strong shift to higher field making the resonances detectable at<br />
negative δ values (-2 to -4 ppm). 44<br />
HN