ABSTRACT:In this study, novel tetrasubstituted zinc(II), cobalt(II) and metal free phthalocyanines containing 6-hydroxyflavonoxy moieties at peripheral and non-peripheral positions have been prepared. The phthalonitriles were synthesized from 6-hydroxyflavone with 4-nitrophthalonitrile and 3-nitrophthalonitrile in dimethylformamide. Preparation of tetra-substituted peripheral and non-peripheral metallo-and metal-free phthalocyanines was performed at 170-180 °C using the corresponding phthalonitriles in the presence of N,N-dimethylethanolamine, metal acetate and lithium acetate, respectively. The structures of the newly-synthesized phthalocyanine compounds have been characterized by elemental analysis and UV-vis, FT-IR, 1 H NMR and MALDI-TOF mass spectroscopies. Electron transfer properties of the phthalocyanine compounds were investigated by voltammetric and in situ spectroelectrochemical measurements on Pt in dimethylsulfoxide/tetrabutylammonium perchlorate. Zinc(II) and metal-free compounds show Pc ring-based one-electron redox processes, whereas cobalt(II) produces both Pc ring-and metal-based one-electron redox processes, associated with net color changes.
In this study, novel tetrasubstituted metallo- and metal-free phthalocyanines containing 7-hydroxy-4′-methoxyisoflavonoxy moieties at peripheral and non-peripheral positions have been prepared by cyclotetramerization of corresponding phthalonitriles. The most obvious feature of these quaternized complexes is their extensive solubility and non-aggregated species (especially non-peripherally substituted) in organic solvents such as chloroform, tetrahydrofuran, dimethylformamide and dimethylsulfoxide, which makes them candidates for use in many applications in different fields. The new compounds have been characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR, UV-vis, 1H and [Formula: see text]C NMR and MS (Maldi-TOF MS). Voltammetric and in situ spectroelectrochemical measurements have been performed with the aim of characterizing the electron transfer properties of the compounds on Pt in dimethylsulfoxide/tetrabutylammonium perchlorate, compared to those of previously reported corresponding compounds with tetra 6-hydroxyflavonoxy substituents. The effect of aggregation on the redox character of these complexes was also discussed.
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