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Ankit Kumar1, Kishor G Thorat1, Mangalampalli Ravikanth1
1Department of Chemistry , Indian Institute of Technology Bombay , Powai, Mumbai 400076 , India.
Abstract:
Novel benzofuran-/benzothiophene-incorporated triphyrins(2.1.1) were synthesized using readily available precursors under mild reaction conditions. The X-ray structure revealed that the benzofuran-incorporated triphyrin(2.1.1) macrocycle was slightly ruffled. The triphyrins(2.1.1) exhibit more absorption in the NIR region compared to previously reported dibenzofuran-/dibenzothiophene-incorporated hybrid macrocycles. The benzofuran-incorporated triphyrin shows significant red shift in absorption bands compared to that of benzothiophene-based triphyrin due to its more coplanar arrangement as supported by X-ray and DFT studies.
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