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2. Experimental
2.5. General procedure for the photooxidation of substituted
phenols
2.1. Materials
Experiments were carried out in a photocatalytic reactor
All reactions were carried under a dry nitrogen atmosphere
using Standard Schlenk techniques. All chemicals, solvents, and
reagents were of reagent grade quality and were used as purchased
from commercial sources. All solvents were dried and purified as
described by reported procedure [35]. 4-Nitrophthalonitrile 2 [36]
were prepared according to the literature procedure. p-nitro-
phenol, o-chlorophenol, 2,3-dichlorophenol and p-methoxyphenol
were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich and used without further
purification and chemical treatment.
equipped with stirrer and 18 pieces 8W UV lamp. The solution of p-
nitrophenol compound and catalyst in solvent was degassed. A
mixture of p-nitrophenol compounds (10.85 ꢁ 10ꢀ3 mol), catalyst
(5.43 ꢁ 10ꢀ6 mol, oxidant (2.71 ꢁ 10ꢀ3 mol) and solvent (0.01 L)
was stirred in a reaction vessel for 1 h at room temperature. The
samples (0.5 mL) were taken at certain time intervals. Each sample
was injected at least twice in the GC, 1 mL each time. Formation of
products and consumption of substrates were monitored by GC.
The structure of the reaction products was confirmed by 1H NMR
spectroscopy.
2.2. Equipment
3. Results and discussion
The IR spectra were recorded on a PerkinElmer 1600 FT-IR
spectrophotometer using KBr pellets. 1H NMR and 13C NMR
spectra were recorded on a Varian Mercury 400 MHz spectrometer
3.1. Synthesis and characterization
in CDCl3. Chemical shifts were reported (
d
) relative to Me4Si as
The formation of bis(1-benzylpiperidin)-4-oxyphthalocyaninato
silicon(IV) 3 was clearly confirmed by the disappearance of the OH
band at 3330 cmꢀ1 for 2 in the IR spectra of the silicon phthalocy-
anine 3. On the other hand, the characteristic vibrations corre-
sponding to aliphatic eCH stretching at (2946e2884 cmꢀ1) aromatic
eCH peaks at (3062 cmꢀ1) bands were observed for complex 3. In
the 1 H NMR spectra, the phthalocyanine ring proton resonances
appeared as multiplets integrating each as 8H at
internal standard. MALDI-MS of complexes were obtained in
dihydroxybenzoic acid as MALDI matrix using nitrogen laser
accumulating 50 laser shots using Bruker Microflex LT MALDI-TOF
mass spectrometer. Optical spectra in the UVevis region were
recorded with a PerkinElmer Lambda 25 spectrophotometer. GC
Agilent Technologies 7820A equipment (30 m ꢁ 0.32 mm
x
0.50 m DB Wax capillary column, FID detector) was used GC
m
measurements. Photocatalytic experiments were carried out in
photocatalytic reactor. A UV lamp (18 ꢁ 8W) producing 265 nm
near visible light was used for photocatalytic studies.
[(8.96e8.88)e(8.44e8.36) ppm] for the a and b protons, respec-
tively. The other aliphatic and aromatic protons appeared at
7.74e7.58, 7.49, 4.40, 3.40, 2.38, 1.61 ppm. The 13C NMR spectra of 3,
the aromatic carbon atoms resonated between 168.3 and 111.90 ppm
and aliphatic carbon atoms resonated between 81.80 and 33.26 ppm.
In the MALDI-TOF mass spectrum of bis(1-benzylpiperidin)-4-
oxyphthalocyaninato silicon(IV) 3 the molecular ion peak was
observed at 922.30 [MþH]þ. The UVeVis absorption spectrum of 3
in CHCl3 is shown in SFig.2. The SiPc 3 shows an intense, sharp Q
2.3. Synthesis
2.3.1. 1-benzylpiperidin-4-oxy substituted silicon phthalocyanine
(3)
SiPcCl2 (150 mg, 0.24 mmol), 1-benzylpiperidin-4-ol (158 mg,
0.83 mmol) and sodium hydride (19.92 mg, 0.48 mmol) were mixed
with dry toluene (15 mL) and refluxed for 24 h. The solvent was
then removed under reduced pressure. The product was purified by
column chromatography on aluminum oxide (CHCl3/MeOH 100:2)
to give 3 as a green solid. Yield: 100 mg (34%), m.p. > 300 ꢂC. IR
band at
l
¼ 674 nm in CHCl3, a typically non-aggregated form.
3.2. Aggregation studies
Due to the interaction between their 18
p-electron systems,
(ATR),
1478, 1458, 1450, 1365, 1287, 1255, 1176, 1118, 1084, 1023, 946, 767,
751.1 H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3), (
): 8.96e8.88 (m, 8H, Pc-Ha),
n
/cmꢀ1: 3062 (AreH), 2946e2884 (Aliph. CeH), 1586, 1512,
phthalocyanines are weak soluble or unsoluble in common organic
solvents because of. In this study aggregation behavior of the SiPc 3
was investigated in different solvents such as 1,4-dioxane, aceto-
nitrile, diethyl ether, dichloromethane, dimethyl formamide,
dimethyl sulfoxide, ethanol, ethyl acetate, hexane, chloroform and
tetrahydrofurane (Fig. 1a). SiPc 3 having Q band in different sol-
vents did not show any aggregation in these solvents suggesting
that the substitution effect of the groups as axial substituent on the
phthalocyanine ring. We also examined concentration effect on the
d
8.44e8.36 (m, 8H, Pc-Hb), 7.74e7.58 (m, 5H, AreH), 7.49 (m, 5H,
AreH), 4.40 (m, 2H, OeCH-), 3.40 (s, 4H, AreCH2eN), 2.38 (m, 8H,
eCH2-), 1.61 (m, 8H, CH2-). 13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3), (
d): 168.3,
160.8, 155.8, 145.7, 138.0, 133.5, 130.6, 127.3, 124.6, 122.9, 121.3,
120,8, 117.6, 115.6, 113.3, 118.61, 111.90, 81.80, 54.49, 51.30, 47.62,
33.26. UVeVis (DMF) lmax nm (log ε): 674 (5.12), 644 (4.34), 608
(4.78), 349 (4.58). MALDI-TOF-MS m/z calc. 921.13; found: 922.30
[MþH]þ.
aggregation of SiPc
3
(ranging from 2.0 ꢁ 10ꢀ6 to
12 ꢁ 10ꢀ6 mol dm3) in CHCl3 (Fig. 1b). As shown in Fig. 1b the in-
tensity of absorption bands increases with increasing concentration
and no new bands were observed signifying no aggregation
behavior at these concentrations.
2.4. Electrochemical measurements
All electrochemical measurements were carried out with Gamry
Interface 1000 potentiostat/galvanostat utilizing a three-electrode
configuration at 25 ꢂC. The working electrode was a Pt disc with a
surface area of 0.071 cm2. A Pt wire was served as the counter
electrode and saturated calomel electrode (SCE) was employed as
the reference electrode and separated from the bulk of the solution
by a double bridge. Electrochemical grade tetrabuthylammonium
perchlorate (TBAP) in extra pure dichloromethane (DCM) was
employed as the supporting electrolyte at a concentration of
3.3. Electrochemical studies
Voltammetric analysis of SiPc 3 was performed with CV mea-
surement in dichloromethane (DCM)/tetrabutylammoniumper-
chlorate (TBAP) electrolyte system on a Pt working electrode.
Voltammogram of SiPc 3 was analyzed to derive fundamental
electrochemical parameters including the half-wave peak poten-
tials (E1/2), peak to peak potential separations (
between the first oxidation and reduction processes (D
D
Ep), the difference
0.10 mol dmꢀ3
.
E1/2). The