The development of environmentally benign reactions is an important goal in synthetic organic chemistry and chemical engineering. However, catalytic enantioselective oxidations using transition-metal complexes are limited when the oxidant is hydrogen peroxide. The two main difficulties of using hydrogen peroxide in the presence of transition metal complexes are the homolytic cleavage generating...

Our groups are involved in a research program on the development of molecular and supramolecular systems combining pillar[5]arene building blocks with porphyrins. Functionalization both rims scaffold metalloporphyrins generated giant machines mimicking blooming flower as well light-harvesting devices. On other hand, we have also used host-guest properties derivatives to prepare photoactive mech...

The initial events (virus adsorption and fusion with the cells) in the replicative cycle of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can serve as targets for the antiviral action of metal-binding compounds such as polyanionic compounds (polysulfates, polysulfonates, polycarboxylates, polyoxometalates, and sulfonated or carboxylated metalloporphyrins), bicyclams and G-octet-forming oligonucleotides. T...

The biological and biomedical importance of the porphyrinic compounds have made them attractive target of study for many years. They are used in treatment of various diseases such as cancer therapy, treatment of psoriasis, viral and bacterial infections [1-19]. The therapeutic effect of porphyrins originates from their ability to preferentially accumulate in the diseased tissue and to photogene...

One pot synthesis of terpyrromethanes (3a) and [di(1H-pyrrol-2-yl)methyl]heteroarenes (3b-m) has been delineated by Amberlyst 15 catalyzed condensation of pyrrole and heterocyclic aldehydes (2), not reported earlier. The compounds 3a and 3b have been formylated to 5-[di(5-formyl-1H-pyrrol-2-yl)methyl]-1H-pyrrole-2-carbaldehyde (4a) and 5[(5-formyl-1H-pyrrol-2-yl)(3-pyridinyl)methyl]-1H-pyrrole-...

As a result of the adaptation of life to an aerobic environment, nature has evolved a panoply of metalloproteins for oxidative metabolism and protection against reactive oxygen species. Despite the diverse structures and functions of these proteins, they share common mechanistic grounds. An open-shell transition metal like iron or copper is employed to interact with O2 and its derived intermedi...

The evolution and the current trends in a new area of chemistry of organometalloporphyrins, in metalloporphyrin chemistry are reviewed. Synthesis and properties of out of plane, di—nuclear, and "Skewered" metalloporphyrins are described. The new chemistry of metalloporphyrins was initiated by the application of Cr(CO)6, metal carbonyl in general, for insertion of Cr ion (metal ions) into por— p...

We report results from the exposure of the metalloporphyrin iron tetraphenylporphyrin chloride (FeTPPCl) to the outer space environment, measured in situ aboard the Organism/Organic Exposure to Orbital Stresses nanosatellite. FeTPPCl was exposed for a period of 17 months (3700 h of direct solar exposure), which included broad-spectrum solar radiation (∼122 nm to the near infrared). Motivated by...

The mechanism by which metalloporphyrins escape from mitochondria has been studied in isolated rat-liver mitochondria using Co-deuteroporphyrin as the model compound. During the first 10--15 min of incubation the efflux is about 10% of the total amount of Co-deuteroporphyrin synthesized. The efflux then increases to a second steady-state leve of 25--35% after 30--45 min of incubation. The efflu...

Two-photon absorption processes were investigated in electropolymerized Fe(III), Mn(III), and Co(II) 5,10,15,20-tetrakis-(4-hydroxytetraphenyl)porphyrin films. Degenerate four wave mixing (DFWM) spectroscopy with 100 fs pulses in the near-IR spectral region was used. Metalloporphyrins with strong charge transfer (CT) transitions in the linear absorption spectra also show enhanced two-photon abs...