• Demetalation of copper undecaarylcorroles: Molecular structures of a free-base undecaarylisocorrole and a gold undecaarylcorrole 

      Capar, Jan; Zonneveld, Job; Berg, Steffen; Isaksson, Johan; Gagnon, Kevin J.; Kolle, Ekaney Thomas; Ghosh, Abhik (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-06-27)
      Copper undecaarylcorroles were found to undergo acid-induced demetalation with unusual ease under both reductive and nonreductive conditions. The resulting free-base undecaarylcorroles were found to be rather reactive, readily photooxygenating to yield 5/10-hydroxyisocorroles and open-chain tetrapyrroles. The use of nonreductive conditions led to 50-75% yields of undecaarylisocorroles, a new class ...
    • X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy as a Probe of Ligand Noninnocence in Metallocorroles: The Case of Copper Corroles 

      Lim, Hyeongtaek; Kolle, Ekaney Thomas; Hedman, Britt; Hodgson, Keith O; Ghosh, Abhik; Solomon, Edward I. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-05-02)
      The question of ligand noninnocence in Cu corroles has long been a topic of discussion. Presented herein is a Cu K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) study, which provides a direct probe of the metal oxidation state, of three Cu corroles, Cu[TPC], Cu[Br8TPC], and Cu[(CF3)8TPC] (TPC = meso-triphenylcorrole), and the analogous Cu(II) porphyrins, Cu[TPP], Cu[Br8TPP], and Cu[(CF3)8TPP] (TPP = ...
    • β-Octabromo- and β-Octakis(trifluoromethyl)isocorroles: New Sterically Constrained Macrocyclic Ligands 

      Kolle, Ekaney Thomas; Beavers, Christine M.; Gagnon, Kevin J.; Ghosh, Abhik (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-05-26)
      Presented herein is a study of the acid-induced demetalation of two sterically hindered copper corroles, Cu b-octabromomeso-triphenylcorrole (Cu[Br8TPC]) and b-octakis(trifluoromethyl)-meso-tris(p-methoxyphenyl)corrole (Cu[(CF3 )8TpOMePC]). Unlike reductive demetalation, which affords the free-base boctabromocorrole, demetalation of Cu[Br8TPC] under nonreductive conditions (CHCl3 /H2SO4 ) ...