Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.132, No.7, 2128-2128, 2010
Fully pi-Conjugated Helices from Oxidative Cleavage of meso-Aryl-Substituted Expanded Porphyrins
Fully pi-conjugated oligopyrromethene helices coiling two Cu(II) ions were obtained from oxidative cleavage of expanded porphyrins. The Smoothly conjugated backbone structures, distinct near-IR absorption bands, and extended spin-density distributions demonstrated the effective pi-electron delocalization over the whole helices. Magnetic susceptibility and electron spin resonance measurements revealed the antiferromagnetic interaction between the internal Cu(II) ions.