G. B. Guseva

Regularities of the formation of binuclear homo- and heteroleptic complexes of d metals with 3,3′-bis(dipyrrolylmethenes) in DMF

The reactions of seven symmetrically alkylated tetradentate ligands 3,3′-bis(dipyrrolylmethenes) (H2L) with d-metal acetates (M(AcO)2) in DMF solutions at 298.15 K were studied by spectrophotometry. Helicands H2L were found to be structurally preorganized to form stable binuclear homoleptic two-helix helicates [M2L2] with Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), Zn(II), Cd(II), and Hg(II) acetates. The coordination of the ligands by the metal ions included consecutive stages of formation of the heteroleptic [M2L(AcO)2] and homoleptic [M2L2] complexes. The [M2L(AcO)2] complexes were spectrally revealed in solutions containing a ligand excess (cH2L / cM(AcO)2 > 1). An increase in the salt concentration shifted the system of equilibria to the homoligand product [M2L2]. The thermodynamic constants of the reactions increased in the series of complexing agents: Cu(II) < Cd(II) < Hg(II) < Ni(II) < Co(II) < Zn(II). An analysis of the data on the thermodynamic constants of [M2L2] helicate formation in solutions and the earlier obtained results of the IR and 1H NMR studies of the hydrobromic salts of the ligands (H2L · 2HBr) showed that the key regularities of the influence of the structural factors on the coordination properties of the ligands were in an increase in the stability of the [M2L2] complexes with an increase in the basicity of the ligands.

Characteristic features of formation, synthesis, and properties of binuclear zinc(II) helicates with alkyl-substituted 3,3′-bis(dipyrrolylmethenes)

On the basis of spectrophotometric studies, it was demonstrated that complexation of hydrobromides of seven alkylated 3,3′-bis(dipyrrolylmethenes) (H2L · 2HBr) with zinc(II) acetate dihydrate in DMF (298.15 K) includes successive steps of formation of binuclear helicates of two types: [Zn2(AcO)2L] (heteroleptic single-helix complex) and [Zn2L2] (homoleptic double-helix complex). An increase in the degree of alkylation of the pyrrole rings of the ligands from 4 to 10 methyl groups induces an increase of overall complexation constants from 7.60 to 13.73. The synthesis of helicates [Zn2L2] was described. The products were studied by elemental analysis and IR, 1H NMR, U/Vis, and fluorescence spectroscopy. The effect of the helicand structure and the solvent nature on the chromophore and fluorescence properties of [Zn2L2] was discussed. The kinetic stability of zinc(II) with decamethyl-substituted 3,3′-bis(dipyrrolylmethene) in HCl-DMF medium was estimated.

Thermal oxidative degradation of the functionally substituted 2,2′-dipyrrolylmethenes hydrobromides and difluoroborates

Thermal oxidative decomposition of samples of crystalline hydrobromide and borofluoride complexes (BODIPY) of a series of 2,2′-dipyrrolylmethenes (HL) was studied by means of thermogravimetry in an atmosphere of air oxygen. An increase in the degree and symmetry of substitution, aromaticity, and the length of the substituents in 4,4′-positions of the pyrrole ligand rings increases stability of the BODIPY-dyes to oxidative degradation. A comparative analysis of the influence of structural factors on the thermolability of hydrobromdes (HL·HBr), d-metal (ML2) and boron(III) complexes with 2,2′-dipyrrolylmethenes was carried out.

Kinetics of the Dissociation of Transition Metal Complexes with α,α-Dipyrrolylmethene in Acetic Acid–Benzene as a Binary Proton-Donating Solvent

The kinetics of the dissociation of Co(II), Ni(II), and Zn(II) complexes with 4,4′-dibutyl-3,3′,5,5′-tetramethyldipyrrol-2,2′-ylmethene was studied in acetic acid–benzene as a binary proton-donating solvent. The metal nature was found to affect the kinetic parameters of the process. Assumptions were made about the limiting step of the process and the effectiveness of d metal ions in the template synthesis of porphyrins from dipyrrolylmethenes.

Comparative analysis of physicochemical properties of dinuclear zinc(II) helicates with 2,2′-, 2,3′-, and 3,3′-bis(dipyrromethenes)

The effect of the attachment position of a methylene spacer in 2,2′-, 2,3′-, and 3,3′-bis(dipyrromethene) N4-ligands (H2L) on physicochemical properties of their dinuclear homoleptic helicates [Zn2L2], such as specific features of their molecular structure, luminescence spectral characteristics, lability in acid solutions, and thermal stability in an argon atmosphere, has been examined. It has been shown that the substitution of the biladiene-type helicand by its 2,3- and especially 3,3′-analogues leads to a considerable enhancement of the chromophoric properties, an increase (up to 30-fold) of the fluorescence quantum yield, and an increase in the stability of corresponding dinuclear helicates [Zn2L2].

The high sensitive and selective "off-on" fluorescent Zn2+ sensor based on the Bis(2,4,7,8,9-pentamethyldipyrrolylmethene-3-yl)methane.

A fluorescent chemosensor based on the 3,3′-bis(dipyrrin) bearing two chromophoric dipyrrin units was synthesized, which showed a strongly enhanced fluorescent intensity in the presence of Zn2+ ions and a high selectivity toward Zn2+ ions over a wide range of tested metal ions in organic solvents.

meso-spacer influence on properties of zinc(II) complexes with 2,3′- and 3,3′-bis(dipyrrolylmethenes)

The study and comparative analysis of spectral-luminescent characteristics (absorption and fluorescence spectra), of quantum yield, and fluorescence life time in solutions, of lability in proton-donor media, solid phase thermal stability in air oxygen and argon was carried out for binuclear zinc(II) helicates with decamethyl-substituted 2,3′- and 3,3′-bis(dipyrrolylmethenes). The influence of molecular structure features of the ligands on the physicochemical properties of helicates was discussed.

Synthesis and spectral analysis of alkyl-substituted 3,3′-bis(dipyrrolylmethenes)

Four new alkyl-substituted 3,3′-bis(dipyrrolylmethene) dihydrobromides containing from 4 to 10 alkyl substituents were synthesized. In a highly alkylated ligand of these substances one of the hydrogen atoms of the 3,3′-methylene spacer was substituted with a phenyl group. The compounds obtained were studied by IR, 1H NMR, electron absorption, and fluorescent spectroscopy. The increased alkylation degree of pyrroles and the introduction of an aryl substituent in the 3,3′-spacer causes a significant high-frequency shift of the N-H stretching vibrations in the IR spectra, an upfield shift of the NH-proton signals in 1H NMR spectra, a decrease in the auxochromic effects of protons on the aromatic system of chromophore in the composition of salts. The red shift of maximum of the strong band in electron absorption spectra and the emission spectra of compounds in DMF, DMSO, C5H5N, C6H6, and CHCl3 was established. The salts obtained are stable in benzene and chloroform, while in electron-donor solvents the irreversible processes of solvolytic dissociation of salts to free organic base and HBr take place.

Peculiarities of the interspecies interactions of metallocomplexes of structurally similar α,α-dipyrrolylmethene and porphyrin with organic solvents

It was revealed that the ML2 complexes (L- is the anion of 3,3′,5,5′-tetramethyl-4,4′-dibutyldipyrrolylmethene; M = Cu2+, Zn2+) are coordinatively unsaturated and, therefore, are able to coordinate electrondonor molecular ligands (pyridine and dimethylformamide (DMFA)) with the formation of ML2(Solv)2 solvates stable in solutions and in the solid phase. The thermal decomposition of the crystal solvates prepared by isothermal vaporization of the solvent from solutions of the oligopyrrole chelates in pyridine, DMFA, and benzene was studied. Thermogravimetric measurements made it possible to determine the composition and temperature of onset of the decomposition of the crystal solvates and the enthalpy of vaporization of the solvent from them. Calorimetry of dissolution was used to investigate the transfer of the chelates from benzene into pyridine and DMFA and the extracoordination of electron-donor molecular ligands in solutions. The overall energetic characteristics of the ML-Solv interspecies interactions in the crystal solvates and solutions exhibited a close correlation. A comparison of the properties of ML2 and their structural analogues, MPs (H2P is 2,8,12,18-tetramethyl-3,7,13,17-tetrabutylporphyrine), demonstrated how cyclization affect the coordination properties of oligopyrrole chelates.

3,3′-bis(dipyrrolylmethenes) as new chelating ligands: Synthesis and spectral properties

Hydrobromides of three new alkyl-substituted tetrapyrrole ligands with an open chain, in which the dipyrrolylmethene fragments are linked by a CH2-spacer at the 3,3′-pyrrole carbon atoms, were synthesized and studied by IR, 1H NMR, and electronic absorption spectroscopy. As compared to the 2,2′ isomers (alkyl derivatives of biladiene-a,c) and monomers (2,2′-, 2,3′-, and 3,3′-dipyrrolylmethenes, the effect of structural factors is manifested in a considerable (up to 19–31 nm) bathochromic shift of the strong band in the electronic spectrum, an increase in the N-H stretching vibration frequency in the IR spectra (by more than 30 cm−1), and a decrease in the stability of 3,3′-bis(dipyrrolylmethene) salts. The solvent effect is manifested in small changes in the quantitative characteristics of the electronic absorption spectra of 3,3′-tetrapyrrole hydrobromides in C6H6, CCl4, CH2Cl2, CHCl3, and alcohols. In DMF, DMSO, and C5H5N, the salts undergo solvolytic dissociation to the free ligands and HBr, which accelerates in dilute solutions (<10−4 M) and with an increase in the electron-donor power of the solvent. The auxochromic effects of protons in the electronic absorption spectra of the salts, compared to ligands, were estimated quantitatively.