Abstract:
Three new cobalt triarylcorroles with sterically hindered haloginated phenyl rings were synthesized and characterized by UV-vis, 1H NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry and electrochemistry. The compounds are represented as (Ar)3CorCo(PPh3), where Cor is a trianion of the corrole macrocycle and Ar is a 2-ClPh (1), 2,6-diClPh (2) or 2,6-diFPh (3) group on each of the three meso-positions. The structures of 1 and 3 were characterized in the solid state by single-crystal X-ray analysis. Rotating-disk electrode was utilized to examine the electrocatalytic activity of the corroles for reduction of O2 in 1.0 M HClO4. Effect of the sterically hindered meso-substituents on UV-vis spectra and redox potentials as well as the electrocatalytic activity for reduction of dioxygen was discussed.