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Synthetic aspects of 2,2'-bisdipyrrins

MARTIN BRÖRING

Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany

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DRAGAN GRIEBEL

Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany

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CHRISTIAN HELL

Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany

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ANDREAS PFISTER

Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany

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Abstract

The synthesis of open-chain, tetrapyrrolic 2,2'-bisdipyrrin ligands was investigated, starting from a variety of different pyrrolic and 2,2'-bipyrrolic precursors. Four important observations were made: (1) The solubility of 2,2'-bisdipyrrins can easily be tuned through the peripheral substituent pattern, allowing the aimed preparation of both well-soluble and hardly soluble tetrapyrroles. (2) meso-Arylsubstituted 2,2'-bisdipyrrins are easily available from respective p- and m-, but not o-functionalized dibenzoyl bipyrroles due to sterical effects. (3) Unsymmetric derivatives can be obtained by the stepwise acylation of 2,2'-bipyrroles and concomitant condensation reactions, using the new 5-benzoyl-3,3',4,4'-tetraethyl-2,2'-bipyrrole as the key intermediate. (4) meta-Nitrophenyl groups in the periphery of 2,2'-bisdipyrrins can be reduced to aminophenyl groups and further derivatized in analogy to a reaction cascade used in porphyrin chemistry, yielding superstructured 2,2'-bisdipyrrins. The synthetic schemes developed open the way for a large variety of tailor-made 2,2'-bisdipyrrin ligands.

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