Triply N‐Confused Hexaphyrins(1.1.1.1.1.0) Synthesized From N‐Confused Hexaphyrin(2.1.1.1.1.1): Aromaticity Modulation, Metal Coordination, and Photothermal Conversion

G Gaojie Zhu (Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry Institute of Fine Chemicals School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China) Z Zimei Ma (Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry Institute of Fine Chemicals School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China) M Mingbo Zhou (Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ministry of Education of China, Key Laboratory of the Assembly and Application of Organic Functional Molecules of Hunan Province College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Hunan Normal University Changsha China) H Hailong Wang (Beijing Key Laboratory for Science and Application of Functional Molecular and Crystalline Materials, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering) S Shijun Li (College of Material, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Organosilicon Chemistry and Material Technology of Ministry of Education) R Rinat Nasibullin (Department of Science and Technology Institution Laboratory of Organic Electronics Linköping University Norrköping Sweden) G Glib Baryshnikov (Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Department of Science and Technology) C Chengjie Li (Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Engineering Research Centre of Pharmaceutical Process Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Crystal Engineering & Technology, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China) H Hans Ågren (School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering) J Jianxin Song J Jianzhuang Jiang (Beijing Key Laboratory for Science and Application of Functional Molecular and Crystalline Materials, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering) Q Qizhao Li (Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Engineering Research Centre of Pharmaceutical Process Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Crystal Engineering & Technology, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China) Y Yongshu Xie (Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Engineering Research Centre of Pharmaceutical Process Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Crystal Engineering & Technology, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China)

Abstract

ABSTRACT Antiaromatic compounds exhibit intriguing structures, reactivity, and physicochemical properties. To address the challenge in developing stable antiaromatic porphyrinoids, a vinylene bridge and an α,β′‐linked pyrrole unit were used to synthesize a 28π Möbius aromatic N‐confused oxohexaphyrin(2.1.1.1.1.1) ( 1 ). Subsequent oxidative C β –C β fusion afforded a stable Hückel antiaromatic formally triply N‐confused oxohexaphyrin(1.1.1.1.1.0) ( 2 ) as a hybrid of 24 and 28π systems with two peripheral NH moieties, enabling further C–N fusion with the adjacent C 6 F 5 moiety under basic conditions to yield the corresponding N‐confused dioxohexaphyrin(1.1.1.1.1.0) ( 3 ), which shows Hückel antiaromaticity with a modulated circuit. Coordination of various metals within the distinct coordination cavities afforded two mono‐rhenium complexes 3‐Re‐1 (NNη 2 ‐coordinated) and 3‐Re‐2 (NNO‐coordinated) along with a mono‐Pd complex 3‐Pd‐1 (CNNO‐coordinated) with modulated antiaromaticity. On this basis, the heterobimetallic complex 3‐O‐Pd‐Re was synthesized with the conjugation and antiaromaticity disrupted by further oxygenation. Notably, these compounds display distinctive near‐infrared (NIR) absorption, enabling pronounced photothermal conversion under 1064 nm laser irradiation with efficiencies up to 61.4%. This work composes an effective post‐fusion approach for developing multiply N‐confused porphyrinoids with tunable antiaromaticity and distinctive coordination properties to achieve efficient NIR photothermal conversion behavior.

Article Details

Volume / Issue Vol. 1, Issue 1
Published July 15, 2026
ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher Wiley

Journal Info

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Wiley

ISSN: 1433-7851 Physical Sciences

Authors (13)

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Gaojie Zhu

Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry Institute of Fine Chemicals School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China

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Zimei Ma

Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry Institute of Fine Chemicals School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China

M

Mingbo Zhou

Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ministry of Education of China, Key Laboratory of the Assembly and Application of Organic Functional Molecules of Hunan Province College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Hunan Normal University Changsha China

H

Hailong Wang

Beijing Key Laboratory for Science and Application of Functional Molecular and Crystalline Materials, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering

S

Shijun Li

College of Material, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Organosilicon Chemistry and Material Technology of Ministry of Education

R

Rinat Nasibullin

Department of Science and Technology Institution Laboratory of Organic Electronics Linköping University Norrköping Sweden

G

Glib Baryshnikov

Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Department of Science and Technology

C

Chengjie Li

Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Engineering Research Centre of Pharmaceutical Process Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Crystal Engineering & Technology, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China

H

Hans Ågren

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

J

Jianxin Song

J

Jianzhuang Jiang

Beijing Key Laboratory for Science and Application of Functional Molecular and Crystalline Materials, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering

Q

Qizhao Li

Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Engineering Research Centre of Pharmaceutical Process Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Crystal Engineering & Technology, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China

Y

Yongshu Xie

Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Engineering Research Centre of Pharmaceutical Process Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Crystal Engineering & Technology, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China