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[30]heptaphyrin(1.1.1.1.1.0.0): an aromatic expanded porphyrin with a 'figure eight' like structure
Christophe Bucher1, Daniel Seidel, Vincent Lynch
1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1167, USA.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|July 18, 2002
Abstract:
The synthesis, characterization, and X-ray structure of a heptapyrrolic macrocycle, [30]heptaphyrin(1.1.1.1.1.0.0) is reported; despite showing aromatic features, it exhibits a 'figure eight'-like structure in the solid state.