The treatment of an antiaromatic norcorrole Ni(II) complex with a kinetically stabilized silylene provided ring-expansion products in excellent yields through the highly regio- and stereoselective insertion into the β-β pyrrolic CC bonds. The resultant Ni(II) porphyrinoid monoinsertion product exhibited relatively strong near-IR absorption bands due to the small HOMO-LUMO gap in spite of the disrupted cyclic π-conjugation by the silicon atom.
Norcorrole
is a ring-contracted porphyrinoid, exhibiting distinct
antiaromaticity. Herein, we report the reactions of meso-dimesitylnorcorrole Ni(II) complex with two types of carbenes: dichlorocarbene
and an N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC). The reaction
with in-situ-generated dichlorocarbene resulted in the double insertion
of two chloromethine units to provide a mixture of 5,15-dichloroporphyrin
and chlorinated isopyricorroles. The nucleophilic NHC attacked the
3-position of the norcorrole core and the subsequent proton transfer
furnished a nonconjugated macrocycle incorporating a diazafulvene
segment.
A chirality switch between novel NCN pincer Rh complexes and a related double cyclometalated NCNC Rh complex containing secondary amino groups is described.
The treatment of an antiaromatic norcorrole NiII complex with a kinetically stabilized silylene provided ring‐expansion products in excellent yields through the highly regio‐ and stereoselective insertion into the β‐β pyrrolic CC bonds. The resultant NiII porphyrinoid monoinsertion product exhibited relatively strong near‐IR absorption bands due to the small HOMO–LUMO gap in spite of the disrupted cyclic π‐conjugation by the silicon atom.
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