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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2026

Meso-Strap Engineering of Aromaticity Redistribution in Porphyrinoids.

Meng Ye, Boyu Xiao, Ling Xu, Yutao Rao, Bangshao Yin, Mingbo Zhou, Atsuhiro Osuka, Jianxin Song

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Meng YeKey Laboratory of the Assembly and Application of Organic Functional Molecules of Hunan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China.
Boyu XiaoKey Laboratory of the Assembly and Application of Organic Functional Molecules of Hunan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China.
Ling XuKey Laboratory of the Assembly and Application of Organic Functional Molecules of Hunan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China.
Yutao RaoKey Laboratory of the Assembly and Application of Organic Functional Molecules of Hunan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China.
Bangshao YinKey Laboratory of the Assembly and Application of Organic Functional Molecules of Hunan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China.
Mingbo ZhouKey Laboratory of the Assembly and Application of Organic Functional Molecules of Hunan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2275-7218
Atsuhiro OsukaKey Laboratory of the Assembly and Application of Organic Functional Molecules of Hunan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8697-8488
Jianxin SongKey Laboratory of the Assembly and Application of Organic Functional Molecules of Hunan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1756-5898

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National Natural Science Foundation of China 22071052National Natural Science Foundation of China 22201072National Natural Science Foundation of China 22271091National Natural Science Foundation of China 22471070National Natural Science Foundation of China 22471071Science and Technology Innovation Program of Hunan Province 2021RC4059
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Abstract

Porphyrins possess one of the most robust aromatic circuits in chemistry, and even highly distorted derivatives preserve the intrinsic [18]π aromatic framework. Here we demonstrate that meso-strap engineering can override this intrinsic stability and induce controllable aromaticity redistribution within porphyrinoid networks. Systematic installation of tripyrrin-, 1,8-dipyrrylcarbazole-, and tetrapyrrolic straps reveals that short straps impose severe geometric strain that collapses the central [18] porphyrin aromatic circuit, generating alternative aromatic subunits or nonaromatic cores. In contrast, elongation to a tetrapyrrolic linker preserves the porphyrin aromaticity even in doubly bridged architectures. Structural, spectroscopic, and computational analyses collectively reveal that the intrinsic balance between strain energy and aromatic stabilization governs the fate of conjugation in these systems. These findings establish meso-strap engineering as a predictive design principle for controlling aromaticity redistribution in porphyrinoids and related π-conjugated macrocycles.

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aromaticityporphyrinoidssmaragdyrinπ‐conjugated networks

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PMID42189705
PMCPMC13411398

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