• Influence of Fluorinated Substituents on the Near-Infrared Phosphorescence of 5d Metallocorroles 

      Johannessen, Krister Engedal; Johansen, Martin Amund Langaas; Einrem, Rune Finsås; McCormick McPherson, Laura J.; Alemayehu, Abraham; Borisov, Sergey M.; Ghosh, Abhik (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-07-12)
      The influence of fluorinated substituents on the luminescent properties of rhenium-oxo, osmium-nitrido, and gold triarylcorroles was studied via a comparison of four ligands: triphenylcorrole (TPC), tris(ptrifluoromethylphenyl)corrole (TpCF<sub>3</sub>PC), tris{3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)- phenyl}corrole (T3,5-CF<sub>3</sub>PC), and tris(pentafluorophenyl)corrole (TPFPC). For each metal series ...
    • New Building Blocks for Cancer Phototherapeutics: 5d Metallocorroles 

      Einrem, Rune Finsås (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2023-02-24)
      Corroles are ring-contracted, triprotic analogues of porphyrins. This PhD study expands earlier knowledge in particular on ReO corroles. Early on, it became apparent that ReO corroles exhibit the highest phosphorescence quantum yields among all metallocorroles. They also sensitize singlet oxygen formation and serve as oxygen sensors and as triplet-triplet annihilation upconverters. I accordingly ...
    • Rhenium- and technetium-oxo corroles: Toward corrole-based drugs and radiopharmaceuticals. 

      Einrem, Rune Finsås (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2017-11-15)
      Corroles are an important class of contracted porphyrin analogues. Since quasi-one-pot syntheses of corroles were first reported in 1999, their coordination chemistry has been extensively studied. In the course of this thesis, the “periodic table of corroles” has been extended by two new elements, rhenium and technetium. Except from an accidental synthesis of an ReVO corrole via ring contraction ...
    • The Story of 5d Metallocorroles: From Metal–Ligand Misfits to New Building Blocks for Cancer Phototherapeutics 

      Alemayehu, Abraham; Thomas, Kolle E.; Einrem, Rune Finsås; Ghosh, Abhik (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-07-23)
      CONSPECTUS: Porphyrin chemistry is Shakespearean: over a century of study has not withered the field’s apparently infinite variety. Heme proteins continually astonish us with novel molecular mechanisms, while new porphyrin analogues bowl us over with unprecedented optical, electronic, and metal-binding properties. Within the latter domain, corroles occupy a special place, exhibiting a unique ...