Abstract
A crystal structure determination of the 9-acyl-dipyrrinone 9-butanoyl-2,3,7,8-tetramethyl-(10H)-dipyrrin-1-one indicates the presence of intermolecularly hydrogen-bonded dimers; however, in CHCl3 solution the pigment is monomeric as determined by vapor pressure osmometry measurements. Lacking an alkyl group at C(8), the 9-acyl-dipyrrinone exhibits only a weak tendency to form dimers in CHCl3 (KA ∼ 60 M-1) as determined by analysis of variable temperature 1H NMR data. In contrast, when the 9-acyl group is replaced by formyl or when the acyl group is fixed in a syn orientation to the pyrrole NH, the dipyrrinone is strongly prone to dimerization in CHCl3.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 203-221 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | Monatshefte fur Chemie |
| Volume | 132 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 15 2001 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Scopus Subject Areas
- General Chemistry
Keywords
- Hydrogen bonding
- Pyrrole
- Vapor pressure osmometry
- X-Ray structure