Design and photophysical properties of zinc(II) porphyrin-containing dendrons linked to a central artificial special pair.
The click chemistry synthesis and photophysical properties, notably photo-induced energy and electron transfers between the central core and the peripheral chromophores of a series of artificial special pair-dendron systems (dendron = G1, G2, G3; Gx = zinc(II) tetra-meso-arylporphyrin-containing polyimides) built upon a central core of dimethylxanthenebis(metal(II) porphyrin) (metal = zinc, copper), are reported. The dendrons act as singlet and triplet energy acceptors or donors, depending on the dendrimeric systems. The presence of the paramagnetic d(9) copper(II) in the dendrimers promotes singlet-triplet energy transfer from the zinc(II) tetra-meso-arylporphyrin to the bis(copper(II) por…
Dendron to central core S1-S1 and S2-S(n) (n1) energy transfers in artificial special pairs containing dendrimers with limited numbers of conformations.
Two dendrimers consisting of a cofacial free-base bisporphyrin held by a biphenylene spacer and function- alized with 4-benzeneoxomethane (5-(4-benzene)tri-10,15,20-(4-n-octyl- benzene)zinc(II)porphyrin) using either five or six of the six available meso-positions, have been synthesized and characterized as models for the an- tenna effect in Photosystems I and II. The presence of the short linkers, -CH2O-, and long C8H17 soluble side chains substantially reduces the number of conformers (foldamers) compared with classic dendrimers built with longer flexible chains. This simpli- fication assists in their spectroscopic and photophysical analysis, notably with respect to fluorescence resonance…
Capping α-Cyclodextrin with Cyclotriveratrylene by Triple Disulfide-Bridge Formation
Disulfide-bond formation is an expeditious coupling reaction to make macropolycyclic symmetrical receptors. It is used here for the preparation of unsymmetrical cavitands based on α-cyclodextrin (α-CDX) and cyclotriveratrylene (CTV) analogues. Accordingly, diastereomeric hemicryptophanes 2a and 2b were obtained in 11 % isolated yield by the iodine oxidation of a 1:1 mixture of racemic cyclotrithiophenolene (3) and the C3-symmetric trithiol derivative of permethylated α-cyclodextrin (PM α-CDX) 4. Remarkably, the target hemicryptophanes were obtained in a 5:3 diastereomeric ratio. The reaction produced mainly (34 %) a singly disulfide-bridged PM α-CDX dimer 7, however no traces of triply disu…
A Hybrid Cavitand Made by Capping Permethylated α-Cyclodextrin with Cyclotriveratrylene
A hybrid C 3 -symmetric cavitand 1, in which permethylated α-cyclodextrin (PM α-CDX) is capped with cyclotriveratrylene (CTV), has been prepared in 8 % yield by intramolecular cyclization of a vanillyl alcohol derivative attached to the primary rim of the CDX platform. The reaction proceeds diastereoselectively (dr ≈ 6:1), the chirality of the α-glucopyranosyl units controlling the chirality of the CTV component. Interestingly, in polar solvents, 1 shows self-complexation properties as the primary methoxy groups of the CDX component are directed towards the CTV cavity.