Porphines

Buchler, Synthesis and Properties of Metalloporphyrins, Vol. I, The Prophyrins, D. Dolphin, Ed., Academic, New York, 1978, Chapter 10. 

Iron porphines constitute the active site of hemoproteins and as such are among the most important and most widely studied series of metal complexes. The syntheses of iron protoporphyrin (heme) and its derivatives are important for the reconstitution of hemoproteins (particularly when one wishes to incorporate 57Fe for Mossbauer studies), as well as for model studies. In addition to the naturally occurring porphyrins, iron complexes of both 5,10,15,20-tetraphenyl-21//,23//-porphine (H2tpp) and octaethyl-21//,23//-porphine (H2oep) are widely used in model studies of the natural systems. 

General procedures for the metalation of porphyrins have been reviewed,1,2 but the most commonly employed method for the insertion of iron into the por- 

Protoporphyrin and its derivatives, because of their labile vinyl substituents, are susceptible to acid-catalyzed hydration. For this reason aqueous solutions should be avoided in the preparation of protoporphyrin dimethyl ester from protohemin, and subsequent reinsertion of the iron. Thus the direct esterification of protohemin under basic conditions appears to be the method of choice. More stable porphyrins such as H2oep are most conveniently prepared by the direct insertion of iron(lll) ion using the iron(III) chloride method5 the resultant Fe(IIl) (oep)Cl can be separated directly from the reaction medium as shining purple crystals. However, this method fails to give successful results with protoporphyrin derivatives. In general, the iron (II) sulfate method is the mildest and should be used for all prophyrins unless one is certain that the more rapid alternatives [boiling DMF with iron(II) chloride, or preferably the more stable iron(II) perchlorate] will have no ill effect on the peripheral substituents. 

CHLORO[DIMETHYL PROTOPORPHYRINATO(2-)]IRON(III), Chloro [ dimethyl 7,12-DiethenyI-3,8,13,17-tetramethyl-21/7,23 //-porphine-2,18-dipropionato- (2- )] iron (III) 

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Eig. 1. Types of chelates where (1) represents a tetracoordinate metal having the bidentate chelant ethylenediamine and monodentate water (2), a hexacoordinate metal bound to two diethylenetriamines, tridentate chelants (3), a hexacoordinate metal having triethylenetetramine, a tetradentate chelant, and monodentate water and (4), a porphine chelate. The dashed lines iadicate coordinate bonds. 

Dyes, porphine derivative used for chlorophyll, phthalocyanines, and hemin. 

In a mixture of ether and tetrahydrofuran.In HMPT the same barrier is obtained for the 3,5-dimethylpyrazole. Tn DMSO. Pr TPP = tetrakis(p-isopropylphenyl)porphinate dianion. 

Poly (vinyl pyrrol idones) polymerization, 1, 271 Polyviologens synthesis, 1, 286 Pomeranz-Fritsch synthesis isoqutnolines, 2, 428 6, 218 Pongapin synthesis, 4, 710 Poranthericine, 4, 494 ( )-Porantherine synthesis, 2, 377 Porphin, 4, 386 structure, 4, 378 Porphin, mcso-aryltri-p-tolyl-synthesis, 4, 230 Porphin, mcso-tetraalkyl-synthesis, 4, 230 Porphin, mcso-tetraaryl-synthesis, 4, 230 Porphin, mcso-tetraferrocenyl-synthesis, 4, 230 Porphin, meso-tetraphenyl-synthesis, 7, 767 Porphobilinogen biosynthesis, 1, 100... 

ROTHEMUND Porphine Synthesis Porphine synthesis from pyrrols and aldehydes... 

Another boron sulfide, of stoichiometry BS2, can be made by heating B2S3 and sulfur to 300°C under very carefully defined conditions. It is a colourless, moisture-sensitive material with a porphine-like molecular structure, BgSig, as shown in Fig. 6.29b. An alternative route to BgSie involves the reaction of dibromotrithiadiborolane with trithiocarbonic acid in an H2S generator in dilute CS2 solution ... 

Figure 6.29 (a) Part of the layer structure of B2S3 perpendicular to the plane of the layer, (b) Porphine-like structure of the molecule BuSi. ... 

Porphyrins, derivatives of porphin, are best known for their role as oxygen earriers in hemoglobin. 

Examine the geometry of porphin. Is the molecule planar Does the molecule incorporate explicit single and double bonds (as in the structure above) or bonds of intermediate length How many % electrons are involved in porphin s central ring Is poiphin aromatic Elaborate. 

Next consider porphin dianion. Is it planar How many n electrons does it possess (central ring only) Is it aromatic Examine a space-filling model for porphin dianion. Is there a cavity If there is, next examine the electrostatic potenticil map. Is the cavity set up to receive a cation or an anion Explain. 

Definitive proof of the structure of porphine in the solid state awaits a variable-temperature crystallographic (X-ray or neutron diffraction) study the analysis of the anisotropic displacement factors (ADP) should disclose any rotational motion or its absence as well as determine the positions of the inner hydrogens. A search in the September 1998 version of the Cambridge Structural Database [CSD (91MI187)] showed that the only structures of porphine (codename PORPIN) were obtained in 1965 and 1972. 

The porphyrin ring system (the parent compound 1 is also known as porphin) consists of four pyrrole-type subunits joined by four methine ( = CH-) bridges to give a macrotetracycle. The macrocycle contains 227i-electrons from which 1871-electrons form a delocalized aromatic system according to Huckel s 4n + 2 rule for aromaticity. The aromaticity of the porphyrin determines the characteristic physical and chemical properties of this class of compounds. The aromatic character of porphyrins has been confirmed by determination of their heats of combustion.1"3 X-ray investigations4 of numerous porphyrins have shown the planarity of the nucleus which is a prerequisite for the aromatic character. 

Different spectrosopic investigations and calculations have led to the conclusion5-83-0 that the most stable form of porphin is the 21//,23//-tautomer 1 in which the two hydrogens are attached to the nitrogens in opposite pyrrole rings. 

Porphyrins are formally derived from the porphin (1) nucleus by substitution of some or all peripheral positions with various side chains. In the classical system of nomenclature T, introduced by H. Fischer,Sc the peripheral /5-pyrrolic positions are numbered front 1 to 8 and the methine positions (also named meso positions) between the pyrrole rings are designated a, //, y, and 5. The rings are lettered clockwise A, B, C, and D. The classical nomenclature was in the past more and more displaced by a nomenclature which numbers all the carbon... 

In the first step, the fairly acidic proton on CIO of the red biladiene-ac salt 6 is abstracted and, even in solution in polar solvents, the salts are converted into the corresponding yellow bilatriene-u/ic salts 7. With a base such as piperidine, the salts 7 form the green bilatriene-a/>e free base. For further reaction to the porphyrin it is important that the salts 7 are oxidized to the bilatriene enamines 8 which cyclize via the electrophilic carbon of the terminal pyrrole ring by the loss of the leaving group X to 9. Porphin (10) is finally obtained by the loss of... 

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