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1.1 Porphyrins - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

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3 Discussion and Results<br />

90<br />

5 μA<br />

-1.6 -1.4 -1.2 -1.0 -0.8 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 E [V] 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6<br />

Figure 36. Cyclic voltammograms of 53, 57 and 58 in CH2Cl2 solution with potentials given<br />

versus ferrocene E(Fc/Fc + = +0.53 V). See paragraph 6.1 for experimental details.<br />

As the cathodic region of the voltammograms depicts, also here the behavior of 53 and 57 is<br />

almost similar and the half-wave potentials are comparable although 57 shows a reduction<br />

step at -0.84 V which seems to be not fully reversible. This partial irreversibility might be<br />

connected with a partial radical character of the ketone moiety showing up in the DFT/MRCI<br />

calculations, but the real origin is not yet understood. 96,100 Although the measured half-wave<br />

potentials appear already high compared to non-annulated systems, compound 58 again<br />

shows a quite different behavior being even more easy to reduce (E½ values are much higher<br />

than for 53 or 57). That is again reflecting the enhanced impact of the conjugation to the<br />

electron withdrawing ketone moiety and the tethered phenyl ring.<br />

The anodic region is well contrasting those finding, since here, all systems show the typical<br />

values for tetraphenylporphyrins of that kind meaning that the annulation itself as well as<br />

the increasing enhancement of conjugation does not significantly affect the oxidation<br />

potentials.<br />

53<br />

57<br />

58

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