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Closing and Coupling: Metal Linked Biliazine Dimers

Authors

• Christopher J. Ziegler, University of AkronFollow
• Victor N. Nemykin, University of Tennessee
• Wei-Yuan Chen, University of Tennessee
• Towhidi Illius Jeaydi, University of AkronFollow

Author 1 OrcID

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0142-5161

Author 2 OrcID

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4345-0848

Author 3 OrcID

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9533-3750

Author 4 OrcID

https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7985-3013

Description

Biliazines, tetradentate chelates similar to the bilin class of heme metabolites, are ring open phthalocyanine analogs where the chelate ring is closed by a hydrogen bond. Linked dimers of biliazines, incorporating both pyrazole and indazole units, can be produced via a self-assembly reaction between the diiminoisoindoline-pyrazole and indazole chelate precursors and zinc ion in a 4 : 3 ratio. The dimers are comprised of zinc metalated biliazines linked by a third tetrahedral zinc metal ion. The closure of the ring with zinc ion does not induce the formation of an aromatic ring current in either the pyrazole or indazole-based dimers.

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Royal Society of Chemistry

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Document Type

Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Link

https://doi.org/10.1039/d6ra01668e

Publication Date

5-8-2026

Publication Title

RSC Advances

Volume

16

Issue

27

First Page

24747

Last Page

24751

Recommended Citation

Ziegler, Christopher J.; Nemykin, Victor N.; Chen, Wei-Yuan; and Jeaydi, Towhidi Illius, "Closing and Coupling: Metal Linked Biliazine Dimers" (2026). University Research. 68.
https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/university_research/68

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