TY - JOUR A1 - Senge, Mathias O. A1 - Flanagan, Keith J. A1 - Ryan, Aoife A. A1 - Ryppa, Claudia A1 - Donath, Mandy A1 - Twamley, Brendan T1 - Conformational and structural studies of meso monosubstituted metalloporphyrins-Edge-on molecular interactions of porphyrins in crystals JF - Tetrahedron N2 - A series of meso monosubstituted metalloporphyrins were synthesized to assess the structural chemistry of porphyrins with only one substituent. The structures of four nickel(II) and zinc(II) complexes with either alkyl or aryl residues indicate primarily planar macrocycles. This gives rise to a different type of pi-interactions in the crystal and the formation of dimeric, trimeric or tetrameric porphyrin units that function as building blocks for the overall crystal structure. Notably, some structures exhibit a unique edge-on packing of porphyrins, while the molecules of (5-n-butylporphyrinato)nickel(II) forms an unusual bilayer type structure where rows of two porphyrin macrocycles are separated by the alkyl residues arranged in a head-to-head fashion. This adds to the canon of intermolecular porphyrin packing arrangements and is of relevance for the preparation of ordered nanoscopic porphyrin devices. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. KW - Porphyrins KW - Conformational analysis KW - Tetrapyrroles KW - Crystal structure KW - Crystal packing Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2015.11.008 SN - 0040-4020 VL - 72 SP - 105 EP - 115 PB - Elsevier CY - Oxford ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kleinpeter, Erich A1 - Koch, Andreas A1 - Schulz, Stefanie A1 - Wacker, Philipp T1 - Interplay of para- and diatropic ring currents [(anti)aromaticity] of macrocyclic rings subject to conformational influences, further annelation and hydrogenation of aromatic ring moieties JF - Tetrahedron N2 - The spatial magnetic properties (Through Space NMR Shieldings-TSNMRS) of a variety of porphyrins, hemiporphyrazines and tetraoxo[8]circulenes have been computed, visualized as Iso-chemical Shielding Surfaces (ICSS) of various size and direction, and were examined subject to the interplay of present (para)-diatropic ring currents [(anti)aromaticity] and influences on the latter property originating from the macrocyclic ring conformation, further annelation and partial to complete hydrogenation of aromatic ring moieties. Caution seems to be indicated when concluding from a single NICS parameter to present (para)diatropic ring currents [(anti)aromaticity]. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. KW - Porphyrins KW - Hemiporphyrazines KW - Tetraoxo[8]circulenes KW - (Anti)aromaticity KW - Anisotropy effect KW - Theoretical calculations Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2014.10.018 SN - 0040-4020 VL - 70 IS - 48 SP - 9230 EP - 9239 PB - Elsevier CY - Oxford ER -