Reaction Steps
The general procedure was used to couple 5-bromo-10,20-diphenylporphyrin (27 mg, 0.05 mmol) with aniline (17 μL, 0.18 mmol), using palladium acetate (0.55 mg, 0.0025 mmol) as the palledium precursor, DPEphos (2.0 mg, 0.0038 mmol) as the phosphine ligand and cesium carbonate (22.8 mg, 0.070 mmol) as the base. The reaction was conducted in THF (5 mL) at 68° C. for 19 h. The title compound was isolated by flash chromatography (silica gel, ethyl acetate:hexanes (v)=1:4) as red solids (27 mg, 98%). 1H NMR (300 MHz, THF-d8): δ 10.14 (s, 1H), 9.44 (d, J=4.8 Hz, 2H), 9.42 (s, 1H), 9.30 (d, J=4.8 Hz, 2H), 8.90 (d, J=4.8 Hz, 2H), 8.77 (d, J=4.8 Hz, 2H), 8.21 (m, 4H), 7.78 (m, 6H), 7.06 (t, J=7.4, 2H), 6.86 (d, J=7.4 Hz, 2H), 6.69 (J=7.4 Hz, 1H), −2.54 (s, 2H). 13C NMR (75 MHz, THF-d8): δ 154.8, 147.7, 142.7, 135.5, 132.1, 131.9, 131.1, 129.7, 128.5, 127.7, 120.6, 120.1, 119.0, 115.5, 105.1. IR (film, cm−1): 3302, 3043, 1599, 1495, 1476, 1338, 1309, 1255, 1064, 973, 958, 797, 748. UV-vis(THF, λmax, nm): 412, 512, 582, 660. HRMS-EI ([M]+): calcd for C38H27N5, 553.2266; found: 553.2274 with an isotope distribution pattern that is same as the calculated one.
