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Published on: June 10, 2021
Directly linked hydroporphyrin dimers
Ruisheng Xiong1, Anna I Arkhypchuk1, Daniel Kovacs1
1Department of Chemistry, Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 523, 75120 Uppsala, Sweden. eszter.borbas@kemi.uu.se.
Abstract:
Directly linked hydroporphyrin (chlorin) dimers were accessed regioselectively from bromochlorins. Versatile 15-borylated chlorins were prepared in excellent yield via Miyaura borylation. Suzuki coupling yielded meso-meso-linked homo- and heterodimers, and meso-β-linked dimers. The photophysical and electrochemical properties of the dimers are reported.
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