Phosphorus corroles: Synthesis and applications

Abstract

Phosphorus corroles display exceptional structural, electrochemical, and photophysical properties, along with some tremendous chemical reactivities that are not shared by other molecules. Main-group element containing corrole complexes have attracted a lot of attention in past few years, reason being their ability to show strong fluorescence behavior with quite high values of quantum yields. Phosphorus corroles ability to show high fluorescence activity makes them a very beneficial moiety and many reports have been published, depicting their structure-based studies and wide variety of applications. In this review, we aim to highlight various synthetic routes that have been followed in order to obtain phosphorus corroles, a detailed structural characterization discussion based upon the literature. We wish to present a brief account on their properties. Lastly, we intend to render the readers with an elaborate description of numerous applications of phosphorus corroles. The major applications that are emphasized regarding the above respect are microorganism inactivation, bio cell-imaging, cancer targeted imaging and therapy, nitrite sensing and Fӧrster resonance energy transfer (FRET). This article aims at providing a better understanding of various developments in the field of Phosphorus Corroles to its readers and may provide a pathway in further exploration of these complexes.