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Analusis
Volume 27, Number 5, June 1999
Humic substances
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Page(s) | 464 - 467 | |
Section | Original articles | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/analusis:1999126 |
DOI: 10.1051/analusis:1999126
Illustrating atropisomerism in the porphyrin series using NMR spectroscopy
R. Song, A. Robert, J. Bernadou and B. MeunierLaboratoire de Chimie de Coordination du CNRS, 205 route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
Abstract
The existence of biphenyl-type atropisomerism in porphyrins has been known for more than twenty-five years. Over the last two decades, different examples of this type of stereoisomerism have
been reported in the literature with regard to the use of synthetic metalloporphyrin complexes as models of heme-containing enzymes. In this article, we present a clear 1H NMR study to
illustrate the concept of atropisomerism in the porphyrin series. The example is based on a porphyrin substituted in the meso positions by sulfonatomesityl groups such that the two methyls in
both ortho positions restrict the rotation about the aryl-porphyrin C-C bond and the sulfonate group in the meta position clearly resolves the 1H resonances of the two ortho methyls. This analysis
allows visualization and unambiguous check of the statistical distribution of the different atropisomers.
Key words: Porphyrin / analytical chemistry / NMR spectroscopy / atropisomerism.
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