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Chiroptical and Computational Studies of a Bridled Chiroporphyrin and of Its Nickel(II), Copper(II), and Zinc(II) Complexes

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Maheut, Géraldine; Castaings, Anna; Pécaut, Jacques; Lawson Daku, Latevi Max; Pescitelli, Gennaro; Di Bari, Lorenzo; Marchon, Jean-Claude

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Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 128, no. 19, p. 6347-6356

Publication date

2006

Abstract

Circular dichroism (CD) spectra and density functional theory (DFT) calculations are reported for a series of conformationally bistable chiroporphyrins with 8-methylene bridles MBCP-8, which can display either an αααα or an αβαβ orientation of their meso substituents. From DFT geometry optimizations, the most stable form of ZnBCP-8 is found to be the αααα conformer. By passing to NiBCP-8, there is a strong stabilization of the αβαβ conformation with respect to the αααα conformation, consistent with the X-ray structures of αααα-ZnBCP-8 and αβαβ-NiBCP-8. A correlation between the sign of the CD signal in the Soret region and the conformation of the BCP-8 compounds is reported: the αααα conformers H2BCP-8 and ZnBCP-8 show a positive CD signal, whereas the αβαβ conformers NiBCP-8 and CuBCP-8 exhibit a negative signal. The possible contributions to the rotational strengths of αβαβ-NiBCP-8 and αααα-ZnBCP-8, calculated on the basis of their crystal structures, have been analyzed. The CD signals are found to result from a combination of both the inherent chirality of the porphyrin and of extrinsic contributions due to the chiral bridles. These results may have a broad significance for understanding the chiroptical properties of chiral porphyrins and hemoproteins and for monitoring stimuli-responsive, conformationally bistable chiroporphyrin compounds.

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MAHEUT, Géraldine et al. Chiroptical and Computational Studies of a Bridled Chiroporphyrin and of Its Nickel(II), Copper(II), and Zinc(II) Complexes. In: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2006, vol. 128, n° 19, p. 6347–6356. doi: 10.1021/ja054926o

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http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/article.cgi/jacsat/2006/128/i19/pdf/ja054926o.pdf

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0002-7863
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