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22-Hydroxybenziporphyrin: Switching of Antiaromaticity by Phenol-Keto Tautomerization

Marcin Stępień ,  Lechosław Latos-Grażyński ,  Ludmiła Szterenberg 

University of Wrocław, Faculty of Chemistry, Joliot-Curie 14, Wrocław 50-383, Poland

Abstract

Benziporphyrins constitute a class of porphyrin analogs in which one of the pyrrole rings is replaced with a benzene ring [1]. The aromaticity of these molecules depends on their topology [2, 3], tautomerism [4, 5], and coordination chemistry [5]. Here we will describe 22-hydroxybenziporphyrin 1, which has been shown to exist as an equilibrium mixture of the 6-π electron phenolic tautomer 1 and the 20-π electron keto form 2. Aromaticity and tautomerism of these two forms has been probed with proton NMR spectroscopy and DFT calculations.

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[3] M. Stępień, L. Latos-Grażyński, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 3838-3839.
[4] T. D. Lash, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 1995, 34, 2533-2535.
[5] M. Stępień, L. Latos-Grażyński, T. D. Lash, L. Szterenberg, Inorg. Chem. 2001, 40, 6892-6900.

 

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Presentation: oral at 18th Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry, Symposium 1, by Marcin Stępień
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Submitted: 2006-05-30 20:17
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