Acroleylcorroles

• Published in: Meeting abstracts (Electrochemical Society) Vol. MA2020-01; no. 12; p. 909
• Main Authors: Paolesse, Roberto, Caroleo, Fabrizio, Di Zazzo, Lorena, Nardis, Sara, Petrella, Greta, Cicero, Daniel Oscar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.05.2020
• ISSN: 2151-2043; 2151-2035
• DOI: 10.1149/MA2020-0112909mtgabs

Corrole continues to attract the interest of different research groups, since this macrocycle shows peculiar and intriguing characteristics, which open its application in different fields. For this reason, the functionalization of the corrole is a fundamental step for the optimization of the macrocycle features for the target application. We have been interested in the introduction at the peripheral positions of the corrole ring of acroleyl groups by Vilsmeier reaction, because they can allow the preparation of hybrid materials by grafting the corrole derivative onto poly-acrolein microballs. These hybrid materials have been successfully exploited to develop chemical sensors. The regioselectivity of the Vilsmeier reaction strongly depends on the corrole structure and in the case of the free base the macrocyclic inner core showed an unexpected reactivity. The characterization of these species, together the applications of the functionalized corroles will be presented and discussed.