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Unusual regioselective mercuration of metalloporphyrins and its potential applications
Sugiura, Ken-Ichi,Kato, Aiko,Iwasaki, Kentaro,Miyasaka, Hitoshi,Yamashita, Masahiro,Hino, Shojun,Arnold, Dennis P.
, p. 2046 - 2047 (2008/02/08)
The reaction of Hg(CF3CO2)2 with metalloporphyrins produces mercurated porphyrins regioselectively, the reaction, surprisingly occurring at the most hindered βB-position; this behavior is in marked contrast to the usual electrophilic substitution reactions of porphyrins, whose reactions produce meso-substituted porphyrins; the obtained mercurated porphyrins are active to transition metal-catalyzed coupling reactions, such as the Mizoroki-Heck reaction. The Royal Society of Chemistry.
