The synthesis of a bowl-shaped antiaromatic molecule was achieved through the deformation of a planar antiaromatic porphyrinic π-conjugation system by insertion of palladium into the small cavity of a metal-free norcorrole. The bowl-to-bowl inversion dynamics of the antiaromatic Pd-coordinated norcorrole was determined by variable-temperature H NMR spectroscopy. The metal-free norcorrole was prepared from acid-induced demetalation of a copper norcorrole, which was obtained from the intramolecular coupling of a bis(diiododipyrrin) copper complex with copper thiophenecarboxylate.

The synthesis of a bowl‐shaped antiaromatic molecule was achieved through the deformation of a planar antiaromatic porphyrinic π‐conjugation system by insertion of palladium into the small cavity of a metal‐free norcorrole. The bowl‐to‐bowl inversion dynamics of the antiaromatic Pd‐coordinated norcorrole was determined by variable‐temperature 1H NMR spectroscopy. The metal‐free norcorrole was prepared from acid‐induced demetalation of a copper norcorrole, which was obtained from the intramolecular coupling of a bis(diiododipyrrin) copper complex with copper thiophenecarboxylate.

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