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1.1 Porphyrins - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

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HO<br />

N<br />

NH HN<br />

N<br />

HBr in<br />

HOAc<br />

Br<br />

N<br />

NH HN<br />

N<br />

Discussion and Results 3<br />

The conversion into the corresponding bromomethyl porphyrin 62 was then achieved by<br />

reaction with HBr (5.4 M in glacial acetic acid) in CH2Cl2 for 3 h at rt. Unfortunately, the<br />

desired bromomethyl porphyrin could only be gained in 37 % yield since the reaction with<br />

the present acetic acid lead to considerable amounts (∼50 % yield) of analog acetoxymethyl<br />

porphyrin system 66 (Scheme 45). This side reaction might be avoided if the reaction was<br />

conducted with aqueous HBr in dioxane, but as 62 was obtained in sufficient amounts for<br />

further experiments, we set optimization studies aside.<br />

AcO<br />

+<br />

N<br />

NH HN<br />

Scheme 45. Bromination of hydroxymethyl porphyrin 61 leading to products 62 and 66 in an<br />

approximate ratio of 5 : 7 in favor of 66.<br />

Compounds 61 and 62 were fully characterized. The obtained data can be found in the<br />

experimental section while here only a brief overview should be presented. The successful<br />

transformation could nicely be proven by MS as that class of substances does not tend to<br />

significantly fragment. Starting from ester 60 (m/z = 841 [M] +· ), we obtained 61<br />

(m/z = 813 [M] +· ) and finally bromomethyl derivative 62 (m/z = 876 [M] +· ) showing the<br />

characteristic fragment of m/z = 795 [M-Br] +· being typical for all synthesized systems of that<br />

kind.<br />

61 62 66<br />

Also unambiguous was the 1 H NMR data. While the side chain being altered only shows one<br />

resonance for the methyl ester as singlet at 2.72 ppm (CO2CH3), the one in the reduced<br />

species 61 gives two signals: one doublet at 4.31 ppm ( 3 J = 5.2 Hz, CH2OH) and one triplet at<br />

1.21 ppm ( 3 J = 5.6 Hz, CH2OH). In 62, again only one resonance for the CH2Br group is<br />

detected at 4.31 ppm as singlet being in the typical region for bromomethyl porphyrins.<br />

After having obtained pure 62, the synthetic pathway was back on track and the previously<br />

presented procedures for cyanation, hydrolysis and ring-closure could be applied in analogy<br />

to the synthesis of 53. 96 The cyanation via the corresponding zinc(II) complex of 62 furnished<br />

N<br />

81

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