Mimics of the Self-Assembling Chlorosomal Bacteriochlorophylls: Regio- and Stereoselective Synthesis and Stereoanalysis of Acyl(1-hydroxyalkyl)porphyrins

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• 作者：Teodor Silviu Balaban ; Anil Dnyanoba Bhise ; Gerhard Bringmann ; Jochen Brck ; Cyril Chappaz-Gillot ; Andreas Eichhfer ; Dieter Fenske ; Daniel C. G Gtz ; Michael Knauer ; Tadashi Mizoguchi ; Dennis Mssinger
• 刊名：Journal of the American Chemical Society
• 出版年：2009
• 出版时间：October 14, 2009
• 年：2009
• 卷：131
• 期：40
• 页码：14480-14492
• 全文大小：571K
• 年卷期：v.131,no.40(October 14, 2009)
• ISSN：1520-5126

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Diacylation of copper 10,20-bis(3,5-di-tert-butylphenylporphyrin) using Friedel−Crafts conditions at short reaction times, high concentrations of catalyst, and 0−4 °C affords only the 3,17-diacyl-substituted porphyrins, out of the 12 possible regioisomers. At longer reaction times and higher temperatures, the 3,13-diacyl compounds are also formed, and the two isomers can be conveniently separated by normal chromatographic techniques. Monoreduction of these diketones affords in good yields the corresponding acyl(1-hydroxyalkyl)porphyrins, which after zinc metalation are mimics of the natural chlorosomal bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) d. Racemate resolution by HPLC on a variety of chiral columns was achieved and further optimized, thus permitting easy access to enantiopure porphyrins. Enantioselective reductions proved to be less effective in this respect, giving moderate yields and only 79% ee in the best case. The absolute configuration of the 3¹-stereocenter was assigned by independent chemical and spectroscopic methods. Self-assembly of a variety of these zinc BChl d mimics proves that a collinear arrangement of the hydroxyalkyl substituent with the zinc atom and the carbonyl substituent is not a stringent requirement, since both the 3,13 and the 3,17 regioisomers self-assemble readily as the racemates. Interestingly, the separated enantiomers self-assemble less readily, as judged by absorption, fluorescence, and transmission electron microscopy studies. Circular dichroism spectra of the self-assemblies show intense Cotton effects, which are mirror-images for the two 3¹-enantiomers, proving that the supramolecular chirality is dependent on the configuration at the 3¹-stereocenter. Upon disruption of these self-assemblies with methanol, which competes with zinc ligation, only very weak monomeric Cotton effects are present. The favored heterochiral self-assembly process may also be encountered for the natural BChls. This touches upon the long-standing problem of why both 3¹-epimers are encountered in BChls in ratios that vary with the illumination and culturing conditions.