M. A. Gotardo, H. Sacco, Juvenal C. S. Filho
Jun 1, 2003
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Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
Abstract
The porphyrin 5,10,15,20-tetrakis[4-(1,4,7,10,13-pentaoxacyclopentadecane-2-aminomethyl)2,3,5,6-tetrafluorophenyl]porphyrin,T15C5P, was synthesized by the reaction of 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)porphyrin with the crown ether 2-aminomethyl-(15-crown-5). The crowned porphyrin showed a distinct spectroscopic behavior in the presence of sodium and potassium ions. Dimerization studies based on absorption measurements clearly indicate that T15C5P aggregates in the presence of potassium ions in chloroform/methanol medium (1.0 × 10−5mol.L−1 or 1.0 × 10−4mol.L−1), with a dimerization constant (KD) of 2.14 × 10−5 and 2.23 × 10−5, respectively. The same formalism applied to the T15C5P in the presence of sodium ions indicated absence of the aggregation process. The ionic radius of Na+ is suitable to fit well into the cavity of 15-crown-5 moieties, leading to intramolecular complexes only. Potassium ion is too large to lie in the hole of the crown ether entities and is probably located between two porphyrin...