Trans-substituted porphyrin building blocks bearing iodo and ethynyl groups for applications in bioorganic and materials chemistry

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(98)00408-6

The modular synthesis of linear or cyclic multiporphyrin arrays relies on the availability of trans-substituted porphyrin building blocks with high solubility in organic solvents. Eleven porphyrin building blocks were synthesized bearing iodo, ethynyl, an