Metalloporphyrin reaction selectivity

To select the metal to be incorporated into the substrate porphyrin unit, the following basic properties of metalloporphyrins should be considered. The stability constant of MgPor is too small to achieve the usual oligomeric reactions and purification by silica gel chromatography. The starting material (Ru3(CO)i2) for Ru (CO)Por is expensive and the yield of the corresponding metalation reaction is low. Furthermore, the removal of rutheniirm is difficult, and it is likewise difficult to remove the template from the obtained ruthenium CPOs. Therefore, ZnPor is frequently used as a substrate in this template reaction, because of the low prices of zinc sources (zinc acetate and/or zinc chloride), the high yield in the metalation reaction, the sufficient chemical stability of the ZnPor under con-... 

The electrosynthesis of metalloporphyrins which contain a metal-carbon a-bond is reviewed in this paper. The electron transfer mechanisms of a-bonded rhodium, cobalt, germanium, and silicon porphyrin complexes were also determined on the basis of voltammetric measurements and controlled-potential electrooxidation/reduction. The four described electrochemical systems demonstrate the versatility and selectivity of electrochemical methods for the synthesis and characterization of metal-carbon o-bonded metalloporphyrins. The reactions between rhodium and cobalt metalloporphyrins and the commonly used CH2CI2 is also discussed. 

In the course of research on catalysis by synthetic metalloporphyrins, Tagliatesta and coworkers reported a unique cyclodimerization reaction of aryl acetylenes to give 2-aryl naphthalenes (6, Scheme 9.2) [5]. Ru(CO) and RhCl complexes effectively promote this reaction, with the latter catalyst (8) providing generally superior yields and selectivities for a small range of substrates (Table 9.1). As a synthetic method, Tagliatesta s cyclodimerization reaction is most remarkable for its efficiency. Yields of up to 78% were observed at a substrate/catalyst ratio of 5700 1. Successful recycling of recovered catalyst was also demonstrated. 

This review is intended to give an overview of the recent progress in the area of the formation of metalloporphyrins (the mechanism of the direct metalation reaction) and their reactions with small molecules (CO, NO, H20, 02). Although the emphasis is on less studied examples, a selection of recent results on iron (II) porphyrin complexes with CO and NO is also included. 

In the wake of this report, many chiral iron(III)- and Mn(III)-porphyrin complexes have been synthesized and applied to the epoxidation of styrene derivatives [20]. Because these asymmetric epoxidations are discussed in the first edition of this book [21], the discussion on metalloporphyrin-catalyzed epoxidation here is limited to some recent examples. Most chiral metallopor-phyrins bear chiral auxi Maries such as the one derived from a-amino acid or binapthol. Differing from these complexes is complex 6, which has no chiral auxiliary but is endowed with facial chirality by introducing a strap and has been reported by Inoue et al. [20f]. Epoxidation of styrene by using only 6 as the catalyst shows low enantioselectivity, but the selectivity is remarkably enhanced when the reaction is performed in the presence of imidazole (Scheme 6B.11). This result can be explained by assuming that imidazole coordinates to the unhindered face of the complex and the reaction occur on the strapped face [20f. ... 

In the last decade, transition metal complexes (e.g. metalloporphyrins) have been used to catalyze epoxidation. These entities can reproduce and mimic all reactions catalyzed by heme-enzymes (cytochromes P-450)54. Synthetic metalloporphyrins are analogous to the prosthetic group of heme-containing enzymes which selectively catalyze various oxidation reactions. The metallo complexes of Fe, Co, Cr, Mn, Al, Zn, Ru, etc. possessing porphyrin ligands have been mostly studied55 -57. Porphyrin ligands (4) are planar and can possess several redox states of the central metallic ions and hence they can exist as oxo metals. 

We have been investigating these reactions from the standpoint of stereochemically controlling the reaction at the metal site by designing metalloporphyrins with a shape- and size-selective pocket at the metal center. The pockets designed so far are small, and thus... 

Whereas important progress has been made regarding the use of metalloporphyrins as catalysts for alkene epoxidations and alkane hydroxyla-tions, work concerning the mechanism of hydroxylation of aromatic hydrocarbons has received only limited attention. In fact, the main problem encountered with the design of systems capable of performing such oxidative reactions is in the preparation of superstructured porphyrins for the selective complexation of aromatic compounds. 

The azo dyes used in this study were l-phenylazo-2-naphthol-6-sulfonate (2) and seven derivatives with substituents in the meta or para positions of the phenyl ring (3-9). These were selected as representative l-azo-2-naphthol sulfonate dyes and because the substituents on phenyl ring would allow a systematic study of the mechanism of their oxidation by metalloporphyrin-catalysed systems in aqueous solution. Dye 2 is commercially available (as Acid Orange 12) and was purified by reciystallisation whilst the others (3-9) were prepared by standard diazonium ion/2-naphthol coupling reactions. The purities of all the dyes were checked by TLC, MS and H NMR spectroscopy. Table 1 reports the measured pl values of all the azo dyes used in this study. 

Halogenated metalloporphyrins are effective catalysts for selective air oxidation of light alkanes [30] as well as of olefins [31], The postulated mechanism of the reaction (Scheme IX.2) [30c] is similar to those proposed for biological oxidation (by cytochrome P450 and methanemonooxygenase, see Chapter XI). 

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