The conformational preferences and the self-associational behaviors of two hemin-derived porphyrin compounds, a tetramethyl ester and a liquid crystalline tetrakis(3,5-didodecyloxyphenyl)ester, have been studied by UV/vis and (1)H NMR spectroscopy in solution. Results indicate that the 3,5-didodecyloxyphenyl units play an important role in both the conformational and the self-associational behaviors of the mesomorphic tetraester. In the monomeric, nonassociated species, the two propionic 3,5-didodecyloxyphenyl esters establish mutual CH/pi interactions that restrict the fluctuative behavior of the chains. In the dimeric, self-associated species, intermolecular CH/pi interactions occur in addition to the pi-pi stacking of the porphyrin cores. The temperature-dependent addition of side CH/pi interactions to the pi-pi stacking of the porphyrin rings accounts for the observed tightening and for the slower dynamics of the dimeric structure. The relationship between the self-associational behavior and the mesomorphism of the hemin-derived porphyrin tetraesters is also discussed.
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