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  • Title: Porphyrins bearing mono or tripodal benzylphosphonic acid tethers for attachment to oxide surfaces.
    Author: Loewe RS, Ambroise A, Muthukumaran K, Padmaja K, Lysenko AB, Mathur G, Li Q, Bocian DF, Misra V, Lindsey JS.
    Journal: J Org Chem; 2004 Mar 05; 69(5):1453-60. PubMed ID: 14986996.
    Abstract:
    The ability to attach redox-active molecules to oxide surfaces in controlled architectures (distance, orientation, packing density) is essential for the design of a variety of molecular-based information storage devices. We describe the synthesis of a series of redox-active molecules wherein each molecule bears a benzylphosphonic acid tether. The redox-active molecules include zinc porphyrins, a cobalt porphyrin, and a ferrocene-zinc porphyrin. An analogous tripodal tether has been prepared that is based on a tris[4-(dihydroxyphosphorylmethyl)phenyl]-derivatized methane. A zinc porphyrin is linked to the methane vertex by a 1,4-phenylene unit. The tripodal systems are designed to improve monolayer stability and ensure vertical orientation of the redox-active porphyrin on the electroactive surface. For comparison purposes, a zinc porphyrin bearing a hexylphosphonic acid tether also has been prepared. The synthetic approaches for introduction of the phosphonic acid group include derivatization of a bromoalkyl porphyrin or use of a dimethyl or diethyl phosphonate substituted precursor in a porphyrin-forming reaction. The latter approach makes use of dipyrromethane building blocks bearing mono or tripodal dialkyl phosphonate groups. The zinc porphyrin-tripodal compound bearing benzylphosphonic acid legs tethered to a SiO(2) surface (grown on doped Si) was electrically well-behaved and exhibited characteristic porphyrin oxidation/reduction waves. Collectively, a variety of porphyrinic molecules can now be prepared with tethers of different length, composition, and structure (mono or tripodal) for studies of molecular-based information storage on oxide surfaces.
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