Date of Completion
9-9-2013
Embargo Period
9-9-2013
Keywords
meso-tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)porphyrin, meso-tetraphenylporphyrin, Cyanide sensing, High pH sensing, Fragmentation Patterns, Axial imidazole binding strengths, Carbonyl stretching frequency
Major Advisor
Dr. Christian Brueckner
Associate Advisor
Dr. Steven Suib
Associate Advisor
Dr. Edward Neth
Associate Advisor
Dr. Alfredo Angeles-Boza
Associate Advisor
Dr. James Bobbitt
Field of Study
Chemistry
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy
Open Access
Open Access
Abstract
This thesis describes in a number of separate chapters a range of studies that measure the variation of specific physical properties with structural modification of the macrocycles, with a particular focus also on using their coordinated metals as probes. Specifically, the transition metal ions are used as tools for interrogation of the electronic properties of porphyrins and pyrrole-modified porphyrins. With the aim of better understanding the electronic and structural factors that govern the optical responses, axial binding strengths, fragmentation patterns and carbonyl stretching frequencies of meso-tetraarylporphyrins, a rational design of pyrrole-modified metalloporphyrins with designed optical properties is derived.
Recommended Citation
Worlinsky, Jillian, "Transition Metal as Tools to Probe the Electronic Properties of Porphyrinoids" (2013). Doctoral Dissertations. 251.
https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/dissertations/251