organic compounds
5,10,15,20-Tetra-2-furylporphyrin
aDepartment of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, India, bDepartment of Chemistry, Howard University, 525 College Street NW, Washington, DC 20059, USA, and cNational Single Crystal X-ray Diffraction Facility, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, India
*Correspondence e-mail: ravikanth@chem.iitb.ac.in
Molecules of the title macrocycle, C36H22N4O4, are located on an inversion center. The porphyrin ring shows a wave-like conformation with adjacent pyrrole rings tilted above the porphyrin plane and the interporphyrin distance is 3.584 (3) Å. The dihedral angles between the meso-furyl groups and the porphyrin plane are 38.87 (7) and 48.29 (7)°; these are much smaller than those observed for meso-tetraphenylporphyrin, indicating that the meso-furyl groups are more inclined towards the porphyrin plane. The decrease in the dihedral angle is due to the presence of intramolecular hydroden bonding between the meso-fury O atom and the β-pyrrole CH group. Intramolecular N—H⋯N hydrogen bonds are also present.
Related literature
The electronic properties of porphyrin macrocycles can be altered by selectively introducing substituents at meso- or β-positions, see: Lindsey (2000). For the effect on the electronic properties of introducing five-membered heterocycles such as thiophene and furan at the meso-position in place of six-membered see: Bhavana & Bhyrappa (2001); Purushothaman et al., (2001); Gupta & Ravikanth (2002, 2003a,b, 2005). For the structure of 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(phenyl)porphyrin, see: Senge (2000).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Refinement
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Data collection: CrysAlis CCD (Oxford Diffraction, 2009); cell CrysAlis CCD; data reduction: CrysAlis RED (Oxford Diffraction, 2009); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL.
Supporting information
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536810014285/bt5220sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536810014285/bt5220Isup2.hkl
In a 500 ml one necked round bottom flask fitted an with argon bubbler, furan-2-aldehyde (286 mg, 2.98 mmol) and pyrrole (210 ml, 2.98 mmol) in 300 ml of CH2Cl2 were condensed in the presence of BF3.OEt2 (120 ml of 2.5 M stock solution) under argon atmosphere for 1 h followed by oxidation with DDQ (674 mg, 2.98 mmol) in open air for additional 45 min. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure and the crude compound was purified by silica gel δ in p.p.m.): -2.59 (s, 2H, NH), 7.04 (m, 4H, furyl), 7.32 (m, 4H, furyl), 8.14 (s, 4H, furyl), 9.16 (s, 8H, β-pyrrole); elemental analysis calculated for C36H22N4O4: C,75.25; H, 3.86; N, 9.75%; found: C,75.31; H, 3.92; N, 9.65%: 574.6; found: 574.7(M+).
using CH2Cl2 (62 mg, 12%). M. P. 300°C. Single crystals of (I) suitable for X-ray analysis were obtained by slow evaporation of a dichloromethane/n-hexane solution over a period of one week. Spectroscopic analysis, 1HNMR (300 MHz, CDCl3,H atoms bonded to C were placed in geometrically idealized positions and constrained to ride on their parent atoms with a C—H distance of 0.95 Å [Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(C)]. The H attached to N was refined isotropically.
Porphyrin macrocycles are synthetically flexible and by selectively introducing substituents at meso- or β-positions, the electronic properties of the porphyrin ring can be altered at will for any application (Lindsey, 2000). Recently we, and others, have shown that introducing five membered heterocycles such as thiophene and furan at the meso-position in place of six membered alter the electronic properties significantly (Bhavana & Bhyrappa, 2001; Purushothaman et al., 2001; Gupta & Ravikanth, 2002, 2003a, 2003b, and 2005). In the of the Zn(II) derivative of 5,10,15,20-tetrathienylporphyrin, the structure was shown to correlate with the observed electronic properties (Purushothaman et al., 2001).
In the present paper, we report the α-Cβ distance is greater than the Cβ-Cβ bond distance. The four inner pyrrole N atoms are almost in plane with four meso carbons. The bond distances and bond angles of (I) are altered relative to those of (II) revealing replacing phenyl groups with furyl groups at meso positions changes the porphyrin π-electron delocalization pathway. The dihedral angles of meso-furyl groups with respect to porphyrin plane in (I) are 38.87 (7)° and 48.29 (7)° and those of meso-phenyl groups in (II) are 61.0° and 61.3°. This significant decrease in the dihedral angle in case of (I) is due to presence of intramolecular hydroden bonding between meso-furyl "O" and β-pyrrole "CH". As is clear from Figure 1, the four meso-furyl"O" are involved in hydrogen bonding with two β-pyrrole "CH" which are opposite to each other. This bonding helps in the significant reduction of dihedral angle of meso-furyl groups with the plane of the porphyrin. As a result the meso-furyl groups are inclined more towards the porphyrin plane resulting in extension of π-delocalization of the porphyrin ring to the furyl groups. The observed spectroscopic properties of (I), such as large red shifts in absorption and emission maxima and significant downfield shifts of NH and \b-pyrrole protons in NMR as compared to (II) also in agreement with the enhanced π-delocalization in (I). Thus, the presented here indicates that the porphyrin (I) adopts more planar structure as compared to porphyrin (II).
of 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(2-furyl)porphyrin (I) and compare it with the of 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(phenyl)porphyrin (II) (Senge, 2000). The molecular structure of (I) is presented in Fig. 1. The porphyrin plane of (I) displays a wave like conformation with an interplanar porphyrin separation of 3.488 (Å). The aromatic nature of (I) is evident from the observation that the CThe electronic properties of porphyrin macrocycles can be altered by selectively introducing substituents at meso- or β-positions, see: Lindsey (2000). For the effect on the electronic properties of introducing five-membered heterocycles such as thiophene and furan at the meso-position in place of six-membered see: Bhavana & Bhyrappa (2001); Purushothaman et al., (2001); Gupta & Ravikanth (2002, 2003a,b, 2005). For the structure of 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(phenyl)porphyrin, see: Senge (2000).
Data collection: CrysAlis CCD (Oxford Diffraction, 2009); cell
CrysAlis CCD (Oxford Diffraction, 2009); data reduction: CrysAlis RED (Oxford Diffraction, 2009); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008).C36H22N4O4 | F(000) = 596 |
Mr = 574.58 | Dx = 1.490 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: -P 2ybc | Cell parameters from 1578 reflections |
a = 9.6068 (4) Å | θ = 2.6–25.1° |
b = 7.3956 (3) Å | µ = 0.10 mm−1 |
c = 18.1770 (7) Å | T = 150 K |
β = 97.419 (4)° | Block, black |
V = 1280.63 (9) Å3 | 0.28 × 0.23 × 0.17 mm |
Z = 2 |
Oxford Diffraction Xcalibur-S diffractometer | 2596 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | Rint = 0.050 |
Graphite monochromator | θmax = 32.7°, θmin = 3.3° |
ω scans | h = −11→14 |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (CrysAlis RED; Oxford Diffraction, 2009) | k = −11→10 |
Tmin = 0.973, Tmax = 0.983 | l = −27→27 |
14627 measured reflections | 2 standard reflections every 50 reflections |
4350 independent reflections | intensity decay: <2% |
Refinement on F2 | Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods |
Least-squares matrix: full | Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.057 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.140 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 0.94 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0704P)2] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
4350 reflections | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
203 parameters | Δρmax = 0.38 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.30 e Å−3 |
C36H22N4O4 | V = 1280.63 (9) Å3 |
Mr = 574.58 | Z = 2 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 9.6068 (4) Å | µ = 0.10 mm−1 |
b = 7.3956 (3) Å | T = 150 K |
c = 18.1770 (7) Å | 0.28 × 0.23 × 0.17 mm |
β = 97.419 (4)° |
Oxford Diffraction Xcalibur-S diffractometer | 2596 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (CrysAlis RED; Oxford Diffraction, 2009) | Rint = 0.050 |
Tmin = 0.973, Tmax = 0.983 | 2 standard reflections every 50 reflections |
14627 measured reflections | intensity decay: <2% |
4350 independent reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.057 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.140 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 0.94 | Δρmax = 0.38 e Å−3 |
4350 reflections | Δρmin = −0.30 e Å−3 |
203 parameters |
Geometry. All esds (except the esd in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell esds are taken into account individually in the estimation of esds in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between esds in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell esds is used for estimating esds involving l.s. planes. |
Refinement. Refinement of F2 against ALL reflections. The weighted R-factor wR and goodness of fit S are based on F2, conventional R-factors R are based on F, with F set to zero for negative F2. The threshold expression of F2 > σ(F2) is used only for calculating R-factors(gt) etc. and is not relevant to the choice of reflections for refinement. R-factors based on F2 are statistically about twice as large as those based on F, and R- factors based on ALL data will be even larger. |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
O1 | 0.12370 (14) | 0.14955 (18) | 0.78524 (7) | 0.0328 (3) | |
O2 | 0.28868 (13) | 1.19097 (16) | 0.53303 (7) | 0.0277 (3) | |
N1 | 0.14624 (14) | 0.57702 (18) | 0.58457 (7) | 0.0182 (3) | |
N2 | 0.04097 (14) | 0.74030 (19) | 0.44418 (8) | 0.0181 (3) | |
H2N | 0.018 (2) | 0.644 (3) | 0.4727 (11) | 0.033 (6)* | |
C1 | 0.17490 (17) | 0.4903 (2) | 0.65124 (9) | 0.0190 (3) | |
C2 | 0.25816 (18) | 0.6045 (2) | 0.70508 (9) | 0.0228 (4) | |
H2A | 0.2896 | 0.5754 | 0.7554 | 0.027* | |
C3 | 0.28217 (18) | 0.7587 (2) | 0.67017 (9) | 0.0223 (4) | |
H3A | 0.3328 | 0.8608 | 0.6910 | 0.027* | |
C4 | 0.21545 (17) | 0.7390 (2) | 0.59420 (9) | 0.0182 (3) | |
C5 | 0.12791 (17) | 0.3159 (2) | 0.66826 (9) | 0.0183 (3) | |
C6 | 0.19861 (19) | 0.2322 (2) | 0.73637 (9) | 0.0211 (3) | |
C7 | 0.33718 (18) | 0.2124 (2) | 0.75868 (9) | 0.0232 (4) | |
H7A | 0.4116 | 0.2566 | 0.7340 | 0.028* | |
C8 | 0.3506 (2) | 0.1135 (3) | 0.82580 (11) | 0.0320 (4) | |
H8A | 0.4358 | 0.0800 | 0.8551 | 0.038* | |
C9 | 0.2214 (2) | 0.0765 (3) | 0.84007 (11) | 0.0334 (5) | |
H9A | 0.1992 | 0.0098 | 0.8817 | 0.040* | |
C10 | 0.22148 (16) | 0.8718 (2) | 0.53867 (9) | 0.0184 (3) | |
C11 | 0.32446 (18) | 1.0178 (2) | 0.55473 (9) | 0.0199 (3) | |
C12 | 0.45911 (18) | 1.0137 (2) | 0.58713 (9) | 0.0227 (4) | |
H12A | 0.5096 | 0.9103 | 0.6068 | 0.027* | |
C13 | 0.51107 (19) | 1.1943 (3) | 0.58618 (10) | 0.0287 (4) | |
H13A | 0.6025 | 1.2347 | 0.6053 | 0.034* | |
C14 | 0.4052 (2) | 1.2961 (2) | 0.55300 (10) | 0.0284 (4) | |
H14A | 0.4103 | 1.4226 | 0.5446 | 0.034* | |
C15 | 0.13864 (16) | 0.8702 (2) | 0.46911 (9) | 0.0185 (3) | |
C16 | 0.13469 (18) | 1.0021 (2) | 0.41186 (9) | 0.0231 (4) | |
H16A | 0.1932 | 1.1058 | 0.4125 | 0.028* | |
C17 | 0.03278 (18) | 0.9546 (2) | 0.35596 (10) | 0.0226 (4) | |
H17A | 0.0057 | 1.0214 | 0.3118 | 0.027* | |
C18 | −0.02633 (17) | 0.7862 (2) | 0.37546 (9) | 0.0183 (3) |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
O1 | 0.0354 (8) | 0.0311 (7) | 0.0315 (7) | −0.0065 (6) | 0.0025 (6) | 0.0025 (6) |
O2 | 0.0274 (7) | 0.0201 (6) | 0.0345 (7) | −0.0029 (5) | 0.0002 (5) | −0.0029 (5) |
N1 | 0.0185 (7) | 0.0161 (6) | 0.0193 (7) | −0.0016 (5) | −0.0006 (5) | −0.0015 (5) |
N2 | 0.0181 (7) | 0.0163 (7) | 0.0193 (7) | −0.0023 (6) | 0.0005 (5) | −0.0004 (5) |
C1 | 0.0193 (8) | 0.0179 (8) | 0.0195 (8) | −0.0011 (7) | 0.0010 (6) | −0.0024 (6) |
C2 | 0.0244 (9) | 0.0252 (9) | 0.0178 (8) | −0.0035 (7) | −0.0015 (6) | −0.0026 (7) |
C3 | 0.0222 (9) | 0.0231 (8) | 0.0204 (8) | −0.0048 (7) | −0.0015 (6) | −0.0040 (7) |
C4 | 0.0158 (8) | 0.0181 (8) | 0.0204 (8) | 0.0007 (6) | 0.0010 (6) | −0.0024 (6) |
C5 | 0.0171 (8) | 0.0191 (8) | 0.0183 (8) | 0.0003 (6) | 0.0011 (6) | −0.0013 (6) |
C6 | 0.0269 (9) | 0.0165 (8) | 0.0194 (8) | −0.0013 (7) | 0.0013 (6) | −0.0023 (6) |
C7 | 0.0192 (8) | 0.0235 (9) | 0.0264 (9) | 0.0014 (7) | 0.0008 (7) | 0.0066 (7) |
C8 | 0.0348 (11) | 0.0229 (9) | 0.0337 (10) | −0.0003 (8) | −0.0126 (8) | 0.0036 (8) |
C9 | 0.0527 (14) | 0.0231 (9) | 0.0229 (9) | −0.0074 (9) | −0.0005 (9) | 0.0051 (8) |
C10 | 0.0163 (8) | 0.0162 (7) | 0.0226 (8) | 0.0003 (6) | 0.0024 (6) | −0.0024 (6) |
C11 | 0.0230 (9) | 0.0166 (8) | 0.0205 (8) | −0.0017 (7) | 0.0041 (6) | −0.0019 (6) |
C12 | 0.0200 (9) | 0.0233 (8) | 0.0243 (8) | 0.0014 (7) | 0.0010 (7) | 0.0008 (7) |
C13 | 0.0206 (9) | 0.0346 (10) | 0.0311 (10) | −0.0094 (8) | 0.0041 (7) | −0.0100 (8) |
C14 | 0.0331 (11) | 0.0193 (9) | 0.0340 (10) | −0.0099 (8) | 0.0087 (8) | −0.0073 (8) |
C15 | 0.0143 (8) | 0.0178 (8) | 0.0234 (8) | −0.0011 (6) | 0.0024 (6) | −0.0013 (6) |
C16 | 0.0230 (9) | 0.0198 (8) | 0.0258 (9) | −0.0051 (7) | 0.0002 (7) | 0.0022 (7) |
C17 | 0.0243 (9) | 0.0202 (8) | 0.0228 (8) | −0.0021 (7) | 0.0010 (7) | 0.0040 (7) |
C18 | 0.0186 (8) | 0.0178 (8) | 0.0181 (8) | 0.0005 (6) | 0.0008 (6) | −0.0001 (6) |
O1—C6 | 1.359 (2) | C7—C8 | 1.414 (2) |
O1—C9 | 1.387 (2) | C7—H7A | 0.9500 |
O2—C11 | 1.371 (2) | C8—C9 | 1.329 (3) |
O2—C14 | 1.373 (2) | C8—H8A | 0.9500 |
N1—C1 | 1.367 (2) | C9—H9A | 0.9500 |
N1—C4 | 1.371 (2) | C10—C15 | 1.404 (2) |
N2—C18 | 1.373 (2) | C10—C11 | 1.468 (2) |
N2—C15 | 1.378 (2) | C11—C12 | 1.351 (2) |
N2—H2N | 0.92 (2) | C12—C13 | 1.427 (3) |
C1—C5 | 1.414 (2) | C12—H12A | 0.9500 |
C1—C2 | 1.452 (2) | C13—C14 | 1.344 (3) |
C2—C3 | 1.340 (2) | C13—H13A | 0.9500 |
C2—H2A | 0.9500 | C14—H14A | 0.9500 |
C3—C4 | 1.453 (2) | C15—C16 | 1.423 (2) |
C3—H3A | 0.9500 | C16—C17 | 1.363 (2) |
C4—C10 | 1.415 (2) | C16—H16A | 0.9500 |
C5—C18i | 1.398 (2) | C17—C18 | 1.432 (2) |
C5—C6 | 1.470 (2) | C17—H17A | 0.9500 |
C6—C7 | 1.349 (2) | C18—C5i | 1.398 (2) |
C6—O1—C9 | 106.18 (15) | C8—C9—O1 | 109.99 (17) |
C11—O2—C14 | 106.71 (14) | C8—C9—H9A | 125.0 |
C1—N1—C4 | 104.95 (13) | O1—C9—H9A | 125.0 |
C18—N2—C15 | 110.34 (14) | C15—C10—C4 | 124.46 (15) |
C18—N2—H2N | 125.5 (13) | C15—C10—C11 | 118.31 (15) |
C15—N2—H2N | 123.7 (13) | C4—C10—C11 | 117.21 (14) |
N1—C1—C5 | 126.03 (15) | C12—C11—O2 | 109.69 (15) |
N1—C1—C2 | 110.81 (14) | C12—C11—C10 | 130.76 (16) |
C5—C1—C2 | 123.13 (15) | O2—C11—C10 | 119.51 (14) |
C3—C2—C1 | 106.82 (15) | C11—C12—C13 | 106.88 (16) |
C3—C2—H2A | 126.6 | C11—C12—H12A | 126.6 |
C1—C2—H2A | 126.6 | C13—C12—H12A | 126.6 |
C2—C3—C4 | 106.44 (15) | C14—C13—C12 | 106.52 (16) |
C2—C3—H3A | 126.8 | C14—C13—H13A | 126.7 |
C4—C3—H3A | 126.8 | C12—C13—H13A | 126.7 |
N1—C4—C10 | 125.42 (14) | C13—C14—O2 | 110.19 (16) |
N1—C4—C3 | 110.87 (14) | C13—C14—H14A | 124.9 |
C10—C4—C3 | 123.71 (15) | O2—C14—H14A | 124.9 |
C18i—C5—C1 | 125.99 (15) | N2—C15—C10 | 125.79 (15) |
C18i—C5—C6 | 117.66 (14) | N2—C15—C16 | 106.53 (14) |
C1—C5—C6 | 116.27 (14) | C10—C15—C16 | 127.66 (15) |
C7—C6—O1 | 109.88 (15) | C17—C16—C15 | 108.49 (15) |
C7—C6—C5 | 129.05 (16) | C17—C16—H16A | 125.8 |
O1—C6—C5 | 120.94 (15) | C15—C16—H16A | 125.8 |
C6—C7—C8 | 107.00 (16) | C16—C17—C18 | 108.02 (15) |
C6—C7—H7A | 126.5 | C16—C17—H17A | 126.0 |
C8—C7—H7A | 126.5 | C18—C17—H17A | 126.0 |
C9—C8—C7 | 106.94 (16) | N2—C18—C5i | 126.57 (15) |
C9—C8—H8A | 126.5 | N2—C18—C17 | 106.56 (14) |
C7—C8—H8A | 126.5 | C5i—C18—C17 | 126.81 (15) |
C4—N1—C1—C5 | −178.98 (16) | N1—C4—C10—C11 | −167.21 (15) |
C4—N1—C1—C2 | 2.96 (18) | C3—C4—C10—C11 | 13.4 (2) |
N1—C1—C2—C3 | −1.3 (2) | C14—O2—C11—C12 | −0.13 (18) |
C5—C1—C2—C3 | −179.43 (16) | C14—O2—C11—C10 | −178.14 (14) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | −0.86 (19) | C15—C10—C11—C12 | −136.32 (19) |
C1—N1—C4—C10 | 177.00 (15) | C4—C10—C11—C12 | 42.0 (2) |
C1—N1—C4—C3 | −3.52 (18) | C15—C10—C11—O2 | 41.2 (2) |
C2—C3—C4—N1 | 2.8 (2) | C4—C10—C11—O2 | −140.43 (15) |
C2—C3—C4—C10 | −177.70 (15) | O2—C11—C12—C13 | 0.29 (19) |
N1—C1—C5—C18i | −11.1 (3) | C10—C11—C12—C13 | 177.99 (16) |
C2—C1—C5—C18i | 166.76 (16) | C11—C12—C13—C14 | −0.3 (2) |
N1—C1—C5—C6 | 165.50 (15) | C12—C13—C14—O2 | 0.3 (2) |
C2—C1—C5—C6 | −16.7 (2) | C11—O2—C14—C13 | −0.09 (19) |
C9—O1—C6—C7 | 0.23 (19) | C18—N2—C15—C10 | 176.59 (15) |
C9—O1—C6—C5 | 176.41 (15) | C18—N2—C15—C16 | −1.62 (18) |
C18i—C5—C6—C7 | 126.53 (19) | C4—C10—C15—N2 | −0.6 (3) |
C1—C5—C6—C7 | −50.3 (2) | C11—C10—C15—N2 | 177.63 (15) |
C18i—C5—C6—O1 | −48.8 (2) | C4—C10—C15—C16 | 177.22 (16) |
C1—C5—C6—O1 | 134.29 (16) | C11—C10—C15—C16 | −4.5 (3) |
O1—C6—C7—C8 | −0.7 (2) | N2—C15—C16—C17 | 2.51 (19) |
C5—C6—C7—C8 | −176.46 (17) | C10—C15—C16—C17 | −175.66 (17) |
C6—C7—C8—C9 | 0.9 (2) | C15—C16—C17—C18 | −2.4 (2) |
C7—C8—C9—O1 | −0.8 (2) | C15—N2—C18—C5i | 177.44 (16) |
C6—O1—C9—C8 | 0.4 (2) | C15—N2—C18—C17 | 0.17 (18) |
N1—C4—C10—C15 | 11.0 (3) | C16—C17—C18—N2 | 1.42 (19) |
C3—C4—C10—C15 | −168.37 (16) | C16—C17—C18—C5i | −175.84 (16) |
Symmetry code: (i) −x, −y+1, −z+1. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N2—H2N···N1 | 0.92 (2) | 2.29 (2) | 2.886 (2) | 121.5 (16) |
N2—H2N···N1i | 0.92 (2) | 2.41 (2) | 2.9618 (19) | 118.1 (15) |
C16—H16A···O2 | 0.95 | 2.35 | 2.855 (2) | 113 |
C17—H17A···O1i | 0.95 | 2.39 | 2.906 (2) | 114 |
Symmetry code: (i) −x, −y+1, −z+1. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C36H22N4O4 |
Mr | 574.58 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, P21/c |
Temperature (K) | 150 |
a, b, c (Å) | 9.6068 (4), 7.3956 (3), 18.1770 (7) |
β (°) | 97.419 (4) |
V (Å3) | 1280.63 (9) |
Z | 2 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.10 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.28 × 0.23 × 0.17 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Oxford Diffraction Xcalibur-S |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (CrysAlis RED; Oxford Diffraction, 2009) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.973, 0.983 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 14627, 4350, 2596 |
Rint | 0.050 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.759 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.057, 0.140, 0.94 |
No. of reflections | 4350 |
No. of parameters | 203 |
H-atom treatment | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.38, −0.30 |
Computer programs: CrysAlis CCD (Oxford Diffraction, 2009), CrysAlis RED (Oxford Diffraction, 2009), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N2—H2N···N1 | 0.92 (2) | 2.29 (2) | 2.886 (2) | 121.5 (16) |
N2—H2N···N1i | 0.92 (2) | 2.41 (2) | 2.9618 (19) | 118.1 (15) |
C16—H16A···O2 | 0.95 | 2.35 | 2.855 (2) | 112.8 |
C17—H17A···O1i | 0.95 | 2.39 | 2.906 (2) | 114.1 |
Symmetry code: (i) −x, −y+1, −z+1. |
Acknowledgements
Financial support from the DST and CSIR, Goverment of India, to MR is gratefully acknowledged.
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Porphyrin macrocycles are synthetically flexible and by selectively introducing substituents at meso- or β-positions, the electronic properties of the porphyrin ring can be altered at will for any application (Lindsey, 2000). Recently we, and others, have shown that introducing five membered heterocycles such as thiophene and furan at the meso-position in place of six membered aryl groups alter the electronic properties significantly (Bhavana & Bhyrappa, 2001; Purushothaman et al., 2001; Gupta & Ravikanth, 2002, 2003a, 2003b, and 2005). In the crystal structure of the Zn(II) derivative of 5,10,15,20-tetrathienylporphyrin, the structure was shown to correlate with the observed electronic properties (Purushothaman et al., 2001).
In the present paper, we report the crystal structure of 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(2-furyl)porphyrin (I) and compare it with the crystal structure of 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(phenyl)porphyrin (II) (Senge, 2000). The molecular structure of (I) is presented in Fig. 1. The porphyrin plane of (I) displays a wave like conformation with an interplanar porphyrin separation of 3.488 (Å). The aromatic nature of (I) is evident from the observation that the Cα-Cβ distance is greater than the Cβ-Cβ bond distance. The four inner pyrrole N atoms are almost in plane with four meso carbons. The bond distances and bond angles of (I) are altered relative to those of (II) revealing replacing phenyl groups with furyl groups at meso positions changes the porphyrin π-electron delocalization pathway. The dihedral angles of meso-furyl groups with respect to porphyrin plane in (I) are 38.87 (7)° and 48.29 (7)° and those of meso-phenyl groups in (II) are 61.0° and 61.3°. This significant decrease in the dihedral angle in case of (I) is due to presence of intramolecular hydroden bonding between meso-furyl "O" and β-pyrrole "CH". As is clear from Figure 1, the four meso-furyl"O" are involved in hydrogen bonding with two β-pyrrole "CH" which are opposite to each other. This bonding helps in the significant reduction of dihedral angle of meso-furyl groups with the plane of the porphyrin. As a result the meso-furyl groups are inclined more towards the porphyrin plane resulting in extension of π-delocalization of the porphyrin ring to the furyl groups. The observed spectroscopic properties of (I), such as large red shifts in absorption and emission maxima and significant downfield shifts of NH and \b-pyrrole protons in NMR as compared to (II) also in agreement with the enhanced π-delocalization in (I). Thus, the crystal structure presented here indicates that the porphyrin (I) adopts more planar structure as compared to porphyrin (II).