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Discrete Heterotrimetallic Assemblies Based on Rod‐Shaped FeII‐Metalloligands and a ZnII‐Porphyrin/RuII‐Metallacycle

Iengo, Elisabetta
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Amati, Agnese
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Cecot, Giacomo  
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July 3, 2025
Chemistry – A European Journal

An efficient strategy for the preparation of heterometallic discrete porphyrin assemblies, tuned both in dimensions and number of metal centers, is described. Five rod‐shaped di‐pyridyl FeII‐metalloligands, with varied length (1.5 – 3.2 nm), lateral substituents, and number of iron centers, were used to bridge two RuII‐metallacycles, made of two coplanar ZnII‐porphyrin each. The resulting architectures consist of four RuII complexes, four zinc‐porphyrins, and either two or four FeII‐clathrochelate units. Earlier, geometrically similar sandwich‐like architectures were based on purely organic connectors. Among other novel characteristics, the use of metalloligands was found to be beneficial for the overall stability, thus allowing for a solution‐based characterization of the assemblies. Single crystal X‐ray structures were determined for the complete collection, highlighting additional key features: the two facing ZnII‐porphyrin platforms are set wide apart according to the span of the two connecting metalloligands, while the latter are parallelly aligned by the anchoring ZnII‐porphyrin/RuII‐metallacycles, at fixed inter Fe··Fe distance(s). Mutual control over these geometrical parameters is very strict, as evidenced by self‐sorting experiments. Useful implementation of these systems into functional systems may be envisaged by pairing the peripheral metalloporphyrin photosensitizers with photo/redox/catalytically active inner metal cores.

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DOI
10.1002/chem.202501811
Author(s)
Iengo, Elisabetta
Amati, Agnese
Cecot, Giacomo  
Regeni, Irene
Giraldi, Erica  
Severin, Kay  

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Demitri, Nicola
Date Issued

2025-07-03

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Wiley

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Chemistry – A European Journal
Article Number

e202501811

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European Union

NextGeneration UE P2022ZSPWF PRIN Project

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