文摘
Free-bases and a nickel(II) complex of phenothiazine-bridged cyclic porphyrin dimers bearing self-assembling 4-pyridyl groups (M2-Ptz-CPDPy(OCn); M = H2 or Ni, OCn = OC6 or OC3) at opposite meso-positions have been prepared as host molecules for fullerenes. The free-base dimer (H4-Ptz-CPDPy(OC6)) includes fullerenes with remarkably high association constants such as 3.9 卤 0.7 脳 106 M鈥? for C60 and 7.4 卤 0.8 脳 107 M鈥? for C70 in toluene. This C60 affinity is the highest value ever among reported receptors composed of free-base porphyrins. The nickel dimer (Ni2-Ptz-CPDPy(OC6)) also shows high affinities for C60 (1.3 卤 0.2 脳 106 M鈥?) and C70 (over 107 M鈥?). In the crystal structure of the inclusion complex of C60 within H4-Ptz-CPDpy(OC3), the C60 molecule is located just above the centers of the porphyrins. The two porphyrin planes are almost parallel to each other and the center-to-center distance (12.454 脜) is close to the optimal separation (12.5 脜) for C60 inclusion. The cyclic porphyrin dimer forms a nanotube through its self-assembly induced by C鈥揌路路路N hydrogen bonds between porphyrin 尾-CH groups and pyridyl nitrogens as well as 蟺鈥撓€ interactions of the pyridyl groups. The C60 molecules are linearly arranged in the inner channel of this nanotube.