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A building block for porphyrin-based supramolecular architectures
What is it about?
Here we present the molecular structure of a compound we have prepared. The core of the compound is a unit called a porphyrin, which serves as a fundamental component of photo- and electro-active materials. We introduced bipyridine units, which can chelate metal ions and assemble around them. As the bipyridine fragments coordinate to metal ions, the porphyrin units are brought together and assemble accordingly. The reported structure represents one such molecular building block.
Why is it important?
The development of nanomaterials based on this class of compounds is attracting significant interest, as they could form the basis of next-generation molecule-based photo- and electro-active devices and materials. Constructing functional architectures from porphyrin units requires molecular designs that incorporate intermolecular interaction sites. The molecule presented here is a promising candidate for such building blocks in functional supramolecular architectures.