Synfacts 2011(6): 0611-0611  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1260407
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Porphyrin-Annulene Hybrid

Contributor(s):Timothy M. Swager, Ggoch Ddeul Han
E. Pacholska-Dudziak, L. Szterenberg, L. Latos-Grażyński*
University of Wrocław, Poland
A Flexible Porphyrin-Annulene Hybrid: A Nonporphyrin Conformation for meso-Tetraaryldivacataporphyrin
Chem. Eur. J.  2011,  17:  3500-3511  
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Publication History

Publication Date:
19 May 2011 (online)


Significance

Porphyrin-annulene hybrid molecule 2 was synthesized via the tellurium-containing macrocyclic intermediate 1. Treatment of 1 with HCl gave 2 in a good yield, which is attributed to the facility of tellurium extrusion. The substitution of HCl by DCl led to deuterium incorporation at the β-positions of the tellurophene and the ­pyrrole moieties.

Comment

The hybrid molecule still possesses porphyrin-like structure and aromaticity, and the flexibility of annulene. The four periphery aryl groups are expected to contribute to the stability of 2.