A novel m-phthalic diamide-linked zinc bisporphyrinate [Zn2-1] has been designed and synthesized. Its chiral crystalline samples have been spontaneously resolved by crystallization. Data for C48H29N5OZn follow: tetragonal, I41, a = 17.809(2) Å, b = 17.809(2) Å, c = 27.080(8) Å, V = 8589 (3) Å(3), Z = 8. X-ray crystallography reveals the two porphyrin subunits are clockwise arranged in the solved structure. Each zinc atom is coordinated by four pyrrole nitrogens and the amide oxygen of the neighboring molecule. Through coordination bonds, it forms a helical chain with P configuration along the c axis. The overall crystal forms an unprecedented chiral bisporphyin coordination polymer. The chirality of the single crystals has been confirmed by CD spectroscopy. UV-vis and NMR spectroscopic studies suggested the molecule aggregates in solution. Such m-phthalic diamide-linked zinc bisporphyrinate shows a strong chiral recognition ability for amino acid ethyl esters. The amplitude value of the induced circular dichroism (ICD) (∼1900 cm(-1) M(-1)) is around 10 times larger than the one observed for the oxalic amide-linked species (Dalton Trans. 2013, 42, 7651-7659). Further studies by (1)H NMR and UV-vis spectroscopies have revealed amino acid esters function as monodentate ligands, and [Zn2-1] interacts with amino acid ethyl esters through coordination and hydrogen bonding interactions. The CD amplitude values have also shown dependence on the bulkiness of the side chain of amino acid esters. A possible chiral recognition mechanism has been proposed.

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A novel oxalic amide-linked bisporphyrinate 1has been designed and synthesized, which shows chiral recognition ability for amino acid ethyl esters. The structure of complex 1·(D-Phe-OEt)(L-Phe-OEt) has been solved by X-ray crystallography. It reveals the following information: bisporphyrin unit adopts anti-configuration; compound 1forms 1: 2 complex with amino acid ethyl esters; one important hydrogen bond is formed between the coordinated nitrogen of amino acid ester and carbonyl oxygen in the amide group. The chiral recognition mechanism has been further investigated by UV-Vis spectra, (1)H NMR and DFT/TDDFT calculations.

A type of porphyrin-chlorin heterodimers have been synthesized in a one-pot reaction, and their porphyrin and chlorin moieties are directly β,β'-linked through an sp(3) carbon. These species have been characterized by mass spectroscopy, (1)H NMR, X-ray crystallography, cyclic voltammetry, UV-vis and fluorescence spectroscopy.

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