Synthesis and structural characterisation of the first N-heterocyclic carbene ligand fused to a porphyrin

Article abstract of DOI:10.1039/b704681b

The functionalisation of two neighboring β-pyrrolic positions of a porphyrin by a fused N-heterocyclic carbene ligand, the subsequent metallation of this external coordination site by palladium(ii) and the structural characterisation of the resulting comp