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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3 Discussion and Results<br />
irradiation with a halogen lamp. The reaction time was decreased and the yield was raised<br />
up to 42 % for 36a and to 58 % for 36b, respectively. Thereby multiple bromination could be<br />
effectively suppressed, so that most often the desired products were detected exclusively.<br />
Those could easily be separated by FC (SiO2, hexanes). The characterization data being<br />
summarized in the experimental section is in full accordance to literature. 91<br />
The conversion of benzylic bromides 36a and 36b into their corresponding methyl benzyl<br />
ethers 37a and 37b, which has been essential for the next step, was quantitatively<br />
accomplished via SN reaction with sodium methanolate 90 . The subsequent aldehyde<br />
formation was achieved by bromine-lithium exchange followed by addition of DMF and final<br />
hydrolysis of the semi-acetalic adduct accordant to literature procedures 90 . Thus, the desired<br />
arylaldehydes were obtained analytically pure in good yields (65 % for 38a and 75 % for 38b).<br />
In order to apply LINDSEY’s method for porphyrin synthesis 29 , both aldehydes were converted<br />
into the corresponding dipyrromethanes in advance. The condensation of 38a and 38b with<br />
excessive pyrrole under LEWIS acid catalysis (BF3·OEt2) (LINDSEY conditions 36,92 ) furnished<br />
analytically pure 39a and 39b after Kugelrohr distillation in 61 % and 64 % yield, respectively.<br />
32<br />
R<br />
H<br />
O<br />
O<br />
+ 2<br />
N<br />
H<br />
pyrrole<br />
BF 3 ·OEt 2<br />
R O<br />
NH HN<br />
Scheme 23. Synthesis of dipyrromethanes 39a and 39b under LINDSEY conditions.<br />
Subsequent condensation with 4-t-butylbenzaldehyde (and pyrrole) under slightly modified<br />
LINDSEY conditions 29,69 provided an effective build-up of o-(methoxymethyl) substituted<br />
meso-tetraarylporphyrins of different symmetries being the direct precursors of building<br />
blocks 45 - 49 (Scheme 25). The structures of the obtained systems, their symmetries and<br />
synthetic details as well as the corresponding isolated yields are summarized in Scheme 24<br />
and Table 3.<br />
38a R = H<br />
38b R = OCH3<br />
39a R = H<br />
39b R = OCH3