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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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 />
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