Bis(zinc porphyrin) bridged by benzo orthocarbonates as a conformational switch under regulation of DABCO and a Cu+ ion

Zaichun Zhou; Chenzhong Cao; Zhiqing Yin; Qiuhua Liu

doi:10.1021/ol802976h

Bis(zinc porphyrin) bridged by benzo orthocarbonates as a conformational switch under regulation of DABCO and a Cu+ ion

Org Lett. 2009 Apr 16;11(8):1781-4. doi: 10.1021/ol802976h.

Authors

Zaichun Zhou¹, Chenzhong Cao, Zhiqing Yin, Qiuhua Liu

Affiliation

¹ School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan 411201, China.

PMID: 19309108
DOI: 10.1021/ol802976h

Abstract

A tweezer-type bis(zinc porphyrin) bridged by benzo orthocarbonates was synthesized and applied as a molecular conformational switch under regulation of DABCO and a Cu(+) ion. The switch property has been confirmed by (1)H NMR, UV-vis spectral titration, and HR-MS spectra method.