Białek Michał J, Latos-Grażyński Lechosław
Department of Chemistry, University of Wrocław, F. Joliot-Curie 14, 50-383 Wrocław, Poland.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2018 Feb 15;54(15):1837-1840. doi: 10.1039/c7cc08754c.
The incorporation of an azulene bridge into an aromatic hexaphyrin framework allows manipulating π-electron delocalization pathways. The palladium(ii) complex undergoes hydroxyl-triggered azulene contraction or isomerization to an oxynaphthalene unit, transforming the hexaphyrin framework into meso-linked carbaporphyrins. This converts the 26π-electron pathway into the 18π one.