meso‐(2‐Pyridyl)‐boron(III)‐subporphyrin: Perimeter Iridium(III) Coordination

Abstract

AbstractPeripherally metalated porphyrinoids are promising functional π‐systems displaying characteristic optical, electronic, and catalytic properties. In this work, 5‐(2‐pyridyl)‐ and 5,10,15‐tri(2‐pyridyl)‐BIII‐subporphyrins were prepared and used to produce cyclometalated subporphyrins by reactions with [Cp*IrCl2]2, which proceeded through an efficient C−H activation to give the corresponding mono‐ and tri‐IrIII complexes, respectively. While the mono‐IrIII complex was obtained as a diastereomeric mixture, a C3‐symmetric tri‐IrIII complex with the three Cp*‐units all at the concave side was predominantly obtained in a high yield of 90 %, which displays weak NIR phosphorescence even at room temperature in degassed CH2Cl2, differently from the mono‐IrIII complexes.