C2 Symmetric Borneol-Porphyrin Hybrids: Synthesis, Characterization, Electronic Structure and Their Anti-Cancer Behaviors

Abstract A series of five C2 Symmetric A2B2 type borneol-porphyrin hybrids have been synthesized and characterized. Moreover, a detailed analysis of their optical and redox properties was carried out by comparing the results obtained via optical spectroscopy and electrochemistry. The current results demonstrated that the meso borneol-substitutions excitation coupled strongly with porphyrin core that leads to significant CD signals in the Soret band region, and molecular anti-cancer behaviors were also investigated.