Microporous Porphyrin and Metalloporphyrin Materials

Fullerene—Porphyrin Constructs

“…46 Most porphyrin framework structures collapse irreversibly upon total removal of solvent molecules, and this fragility has slowed progress toward functional materials. However, the recent success by Suslick and co-workers 47,48 in demonstrating reversible size-and shape-selective adsorption/ desorption and desiccant properties with a cobalt-linked carboxylate porphyrin (PIZA-1) encourages further exploration.…”

Self-assembly of iron TCPP (meso-tetra(4-carboxyphenyl)porphyrin) into a chiral 2D coordination polymer

“…In this context, metalloporphyrins are remarkable precursors in supramolecular chemistry, giving rise to various architectures and properties [1][2][3][4]. To illustrate this point, several examples can be cited as photodynamic therapy, information storage devices, photoelectrical devices as photocells and light-emitting diodes (that transform energy in both directions), and receptors (exploiting their ability to selectively form complexes which can sharply change the spectral properties) [5][6][7][8].…”

Extending supramolecular fullerene-porphyrin chemistry to pillared metal-organic frameworks

“…The shape propagation possibilities of tetraphenylporphyrins (7,8) were successfully fused with supramolecular assembly principles by Robson and co-workers in the early 1990s to create novel, highly porous frameworks containing many solvent molecules. The potential of these fragile structures to act like zeolites in separations and catalysis has stimulated intense activity in the synthesis of more robust systems (9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17), using labile coordinate bonds or H-bonding as the supramolecular recognition elements (18)(19)(20)(21)(22).…”