Smaragdyrin had been an important but elusive expanded porphyrin until our recent first synthesis (Xie et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 16553). In this paper, we report the synthesis of singly and doubly neo-confused [22]smaragdyrin BF2-complexes 13 and 15 both as stable smaragdyrin mutants by nucleophilic substitution reactions of 1,9-dibromo-5-mesityldipyrrin 1 with singly and doubly N-confused tripyrranes, 10 and 11, respectively. Demetalation of 13 and 15 with methanesulfonic acid furnished singly and doubly neo-confused [22]smaragdyrin free bases 16 and 18, respectively, both as air-sensitive porphyrinoids. These neo-confused [22]smaragdyrin free bases display characteristic properties such as decreased diatropic ring current, regioselective diprotonation at the inner α-carbon of the neo-confused pyrrole to give 16H 2 2+ and 18H 2 2+ , and smooth oxygenation at the inner α-position of the neo-confused pyrroles, giving neo-confused [22]oxosmaragdyrin 17 and doubly neo-confused [24]dioxosmaragdyrin Cu(II) complex 19Cu via metalation of 18 with CuCl2 in the presence of NaOAc. Finally, demetalation of 19Cu with methanesulfonic acid gave the corresponding doubly neo-confused [24]dioxosmaragdyrin 19.
Earring porphyrins bearing a 1,3-di(pyrid-2yl)phenylene ear or a 2,5-di(pyrid-2-yl)pyrrole ear were synthesized by Suzuki-Miyaura cross coupling reactions. Upon treatment with Pd(OAc) 2 and Ni(OAc) 2 • 4H 2 O, these earring porphyrins gave the corresponding Pd II and Ni II complexes with distorted coordination geometries, indicating their abilities to serve as a divalent ligand. Owing to nonconjugated properties, these complexes show larger HOMO-LUMO gaps as compared with the parent earring porphyrin bearing a tripyrrin ear.
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