Synthesis of calamitic, liquid crystalline porphyrins with lateral aromatic branches

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(96)01701-7

The lateral, electron-accepting aromatic substituent was successfully used to obtain a conformationally pure, laterally substituted liquid crystalline porphyrin. In addition, the attempt to synthesize a strapped, rod-like porphyrin showed that the planarity of the porphyrin core could be crucial in molecular design to synthesize strapped liquid crystalline porphyrin.