Patent ID: 7408058

Claim:
A trans substituted oxochlorin compound of Formula X: wherein: M is a metal selected from the group consisting of Zn, Mg, Pt, Pd, Sn and Al; K 1 , K 2 , K 3 , and K 4 are independently selected from the group consisting of N, O, S, Se, Te, and CH; S 1 , S 2 , S 3 , S 4 , S 5 , S 6 , S 8 , S 9 , S 10 , S 11 , S 12 , and S 14 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, aryl, phenyl, alkyl, cycloalkyl, spiroalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, halogen, alkoxy, alkylthio, perfluoroalkyl, perfluoroaryl, pyridyl, cyano, thiocyanato, nitro, amino, alkylamino, acyl, sulfoxyl, sulfonyl, imido, amido, and carbamoyl; wherein S 7 and S 13 are together ═O; and wherein either (i) S 1 and S 5 are trans-substituted linking groups Q 1 and Q 2 , (ii) S 2 and S 6 are trans-substituted linking groups Q 1 and Q 2 , (iii) S 10 and S 12 are trans-substituted linking groups Q 1 and Q 2 , or (iv) S 9 and S 11 are trans-substituted linking groups Q 1 and Q 2 ; and Q 1 and Q 2 are independently selected linking groups of the formula: wherein: n is from 0 or 1 to 5 or 10; R 3 may be present or absent; R 1 , R 2 , and R 3 are each independently selected from the group consisting of ethene, ethyne, aryl, and heteroaryl groups, which aryl and heteroaryl groups may be unsubstituted or substituted one or more times with H, aryl, phenyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, halogen, alkoxy, alkylthio, perfluoroalkyl, perfluoroaryl, pyridyl, cyano, thiocyanato, nitro, amino, alkylamino, acyl, sulfoxyl, sulfonyl, imido, amido, and carbamoyl; and Y is a protected or unprotected reactive substituent selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, thio, seleno, telluro, ester, carboxylic acid, boronic acid, phenol, silane, sulfonic acid, phosphonic acid, alkylthiol, formyl, halo, alkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkyl, dialkyl phosphonate, alkyl sulfonate, acetylacetone, and dialkyl boronate groups.