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α-monoacylated and α,α′- and α,β′- diacylated dipyrrins as highly sensitive fluorescence turn-on Zn2+ probes
Ding, Yubin,Li, Xin,Li, Tong,Zhu, Weihong,Xie, Yongshu
, p. 5328 - 5338 (2013/07/26)
With the purpose of developing readily synthesized CHEF (chelation-enhanced fluorescence) type Zn2+ probes with relatively simple molecular structures and excellent sensing behavior, p-anisoyl chloride was used for the acylation of 5-(pentafluorophenyl)dipyrromethane. Interestingly, the α,β′-diacylated product PS2 with a unique substitution mode was obtained in high yield in addition to the normal α-substituted mono- and diacylated products PS1 and PS3. Further oxidation of PS1-PS3 afforded dipyrrins S1-S3. Crystal structure and 1H NMR measurements of S2 demonstrate the existence of a pure tautomer, which is consistent with DFT calculations. S1-S3 show highly Zn2+ selective turn-on fluorescence based on a CHEF mechanism by the formation of 2:1 (probe:metal) Zn2+ complexes. The emission colors can be easily tuned from green to red by changing the dipyrrin substitution modes. Furthermore, these probes demonstrate fast responses and wide applicable pH ranges. Among them, S2 shows the highest Zn2+ sensitivity, with a detection limit of 4.4 × 10 -8 M.
Efficient synthesis of monoacyl dipyrromethanes and their use in the preparation of sterically unhindered trans-porphyrins
Rao, Polisetti Dharma,Littler, Benjamin J.,Geier III, G. Richard,Lindsey, Jonathan S.
, p. 1084 - 1092 (2007/10/03)
The condensation of an aldehyde with a dipyrromethane bearing a sterically unhindered aryl substituent at the 5-position typically results in low yield and a mixture of porphyrin products derived from acidolytic scrambling. We have developed a concise nonscrambling synthesis of such trans-porphyrins that takes advantage of the availability of multigram quantities of dipyrromethanes. This route involves the selective monoacylation of the dipyrromethanes with a pyridyl thioester, reduction of the monoacyl dipyrromethane to the corresponding carbinol, and self- condensation of the carbinol to form the porphyrin. The monoacylation procedure has wide scope as demonstrated by the preparation of a set of 15 diverse monoacyl dipyrromethanes in good yield at the multigram scale. The dipyrromethanecarbinol self-condensation reaction is extremely rapid (3 min) under mild room-temperature conditions and affords the trans-porphyrin in 16- 28% yield. Analysis by laser-desorption mass spectrometry (LD-MS) of samples from the crude reaction mixture revealed no scrambling within the limit of detection (1 part in 100). The self-condensation is compatible with a range of electron-withdrawing or -releasing substituents as well as substituents for building block applications (TMS-ethyne, ethyne, iodo, ester). The absence of any detectable scrambling in the self-condensation enables a simple purification. The synthesis readily affords gram quantities of pure, sterically unhindered trans-porphyrins in a process involving minimal chromatography.
