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Expanded porphyrin-like structures based on twinned triphenylenes

  • Hemant Gopee
  • , Xiangfei Kong
  • , Zhiqun He
  • , Isabelle Chambrier
  • , David L. Hughes
  • , Graham J. Tizzard
  • , Simon J. Coles
  • , Andrew N. Cammidge

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Abstract

Triphenylene twins are intriguing structures, and those bridged through their 3,6-positions by dipyrromethene units give a new class of macrocycles that can be viewed as rigid, expanded porphyrin derivatives in which coplanarity is enforced in a formally antiaromatic π system. Somewhat surprisingly, however, macrocyclization leads to significant overall stabilization of the dipyrromethene chromophores.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)9505-9511
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Organic Chemistry
Volume78
Issue number18
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Sept 2013

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