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ArticleNature communications2025

A fully conjugated meso-boron-substituted porphyrinoid combining Lewis acidity with redox-switchable aromaticity.

Manuel Buckel, Jonas Klopf, Johannes S Schneider, Artur Lik, Nicolas A Riensch, Ivo Krummenacher, Holger Braunschweig, Bernd Engels, Holger Helten

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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9 authors.

Manuel Buckel *Institute of Inorganic Chemistry and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron (ICB), Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Jonas Klopf *Institute of Inorganic Chemistry and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron (ICB), Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Johannes S SchneiderInstitute of Inorganic Chemistry and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron (ICB), Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Artur LikInstitute of Inorganic Chemistry and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron (ICB), Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Nicolas A RienschInstitute of Inorganic Chemistry and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron (ICB), Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Ivo KrummenacherInstitute of Inorganic Chemistry and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron (ICB), Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Holger BraunschweigInstitute of Inorganic Chemistry and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron (ICB), Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Bernd EngelsInstitute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany. bernd.engels@uni-wuerzburg.de.
Holger HeltenInstitute of Inorganic Chemistry and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron (ICB), Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany. holger.helten@uni-wuerzburg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1273-3685

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) 466754611Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) 468457264
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The structural motif of porphyrin is relevant for many essential biological processes and has emerged as a versatile component of functional materials. Here, we introduce a thiophene-based porphyrinogen having electron-deficient boron atoms in all four meso-positions. Its fully π-conjugated backbone exhibits effectively concealed antiaromaticity, with locally confined aromaticity to the thiophene units. The macrocycle readily binds fluoride ions, signaled by changes in its photophysical characteristics. Global aromaticity is switched on via facile consecutive (electro)chemical one-electron reductions to give the radical anion and the dianion, the potassium salts both of which were isolated and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The bowl-shaped dianion constitutes a tetrathiophene-based porphyrinoid with a metal cation in its coordination sphere. This 18-π-electron macrocycle shows absorption features typical of porphyrins, while its low-energy Q bands are unusually intense in relation to the Soret bands. In addition, it displays fluorescence emission in the near-infrared (NIR) spectral region.

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