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Journal of Porphyrins and PhthalocyaninesJ. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines 2015; 19: 1219–1283

See Na Li, Chong Dang, Wanjun Sun*, Jinning Dang, Xinsheng Lu and Jun Li* pp. 1219–1224

The cover picture displays that six porphyrins H2Pp(a, b), CuPp(a, b) and ZnPp(a, b) applied to Li/SOCl2 battery for the first time. Notably, the battery discharge time and the energy of the battery whose electrolyte contains these porphyrins exhibit higher catalytic activities than that of the battery without them. Furthermore, the possible reasons to explain the excellent results are also analyzed.

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pp. 1219–1224Metal-free and metal porphyrins: A highly efficient catalysts to Li/SOCl2 batteryNa Li, Chong Dang, Wanjun Sun*, Jinning Dang, Xinsheng Lu and Jun Li*

Six porphyrins H2Pp(a, b), CuPp(a, b) and ZnPp(a, b) applied to Li/SOCl2 battery for the first time. Notably, the discharge time of battery with porphyrins is 240–1080 s longer than that of battery in blank. The energy of the battery whose electrolyte contains the porphyrin increases by 11.88–77.14% than that of the battery without them. In addition, the H2Pp(a, b) exhibit higher catalytic acti vity than that of CuPp(a, b) and ZnPp(a, b). Moreover, the possible reasons to explain the excellent results were also analyzed.

pp. 1225–1231A metalloporphyrinic compound with a high selectivity for N2 and CO2 separationXian Zhang, Wen-Tong Chen*, Tomoyoshi Suenobu, Shunichi Fukuzumi*, Ming-Sheng Wang and Guo-Cong Guo*

A crystalline metalloporphyrinic compound has been synthesized. It exhibits a condensed and robust 3-D porous open framework. It shows remarkably high selectivity for CO2-N2 separation and good thermal stability.

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pp. 1232–1237Ultrasound promoted preparation of Mn(III)-porphyrin nanoparticles: An efficient heterogeneous catalyst for oxidation of alkenes, alkanes and sulfidesSaeed Rayati*, Fatemeh Nejabat and Nasireh Naghashian

A suitable, rapid, facile path for biomimetic epoxidation of alkenes, alkanes and sulfides with tetra-n-butylammonium hydrogen monopersulfate in the presence of Mn(III)-porphyrin nanoparticles has been investigated.

pp. 1238–1250Oxygen atom transfer reactions from sterically en cumbered brominated (oxo)manganese(V) cor-roles to styreneMian HR Mahmood, Hua-Hua Wang, Hai-Yang Liu* and Chi-Kwong Chang*

Kinetic studies for the oxygen atom transfer from several novel b-pyrrole-brominated (oxo)manganese(V) corroles to styrene revealed a remarkable dependence of the rate constants on the electronic and steric properties of manganese corroles. The experimental data revealed that 2,6-dibromophenyl-substituent imparts stability on MnV≡O moiety and lowers the rate of oxygen atom transfer from corresponding (oxo)manganese(V) corroles to styrene. Cyclic voltammetry showed that, in addition to spin-flipping effect, b-bromination may also increase the electrophilicity of Mn–O moiety.

pp. 1251–1255Microwave-assisted synthesis of fluorine substituted porphyrins and kinetics of formation of zinc porphyrin complexes in acetic acidYi Gao, Ji Gang Pan*, Yue Jun Huang, Shuang Yan Ding and Meng Liang Wang

This paper reports the preparation of fluoroarylporphyrins via microwave irradiation in propionic acid/nitrobenzene conditions. The new experimental pro-tocols are easy to implement, required small amounts of reagents and solvents and lead to short reaction times.

Propionic acidNitrobenzene

MV, 10 min

NH

Ar CHON

NH N

HN

Ar

Ar

Ar

Ar

1 Ar = 4-FC6H4

2 Ar = 3-FC6H4

3 Ar = 2-FC6H4

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pp. 1256–1261Solid-state porphyrin interactions with oppositely char ged peripheral groupsW. Robert Scheldt*, Beisong Cheng, Allen G. Oliver and John A. Goodwin

The solid-state interaction of oppositely charged porphyrins leads to a tightly stacked 1-D chain with both electrostatic and p–p interactions.

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pp. 1262–1269Magnetothermal properties of (octakis-trifluorome-thyl phenyltetraazaporphinato)manganese(III) ace tate in aqueous suspensionTatyana N. Lomova*, Victor V. Korolev, Anna G. Ramazanova and Ekaterina N. Ovchenkova

The magnetocaloric effect (MCE), heat capacity, and magnetization thermodynamic parameters of the high-spin (octakis-trifluoromethylphenyl)tetraazaporphinato)manganese(III) acetate in aqueous suspension were determined by means of microcalorimetric method. MCE sensitivity to the electronic structure of the aromatic macrocycle was discussed in a view of optimization of magnetothermal properties for application in cooling and hyperthermia.

pp. 1270–1278Predicting larger absorption cross-section in porphyrin dyes using DFT calculationsAmina Yasin, Rajan Jose* and Mashitah M. Yusoff*

A new porphyrin dye showing broader absorption spectrum than existing ones is designed using DFT calculations.

pp. 1279–1283Highly selective and efficient oxidation of sulfide to sulfoxide catalyzed by platinum porphyrinsTahereh Alemohammad, Saeed Rayati and Nasser Safari*

Platinum porphyrins were used for sulfides oxidation. Perfect selec-tivity toward sulfoxide or sulfone was achieved via stoichiometric control of reactants. Obtained high turnover number is another salient feature of this catalytic system.