Aromatic Core-Modified Twisted
Heptaphyrins[1.1.1.1.1.1.0]:  Syntheses
and Structural Characterization

Rath, Harapriya; Sankar, Jeyaraman; PrabhuRaja, Viswanathan; Chandrashekar, Tavarekere K.; Joshi, Bhawani S.

doi:10.1021/ol0521937.s001

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Aromatic Core-Modified Twisted Heptaphyrins[1.1.1.1.1.1.0]: Syntheses and Structural Characterization

journal contribution

posted on 2005-11-24, 00:00 authored by Harapriya Rath, Jeyaraman Sankar, Viswanathan PrabhuRaja, Tavarekere K. Chandrashekar, Bhawani S. Joshi

First examples of aromatic core-modified twisted heptapyrrolic systems with six meso links have been obtained via a general [3 + 4] acid-catalyzed condensation method. Despite the twisted conformation, these heptaphyrins exhibit aromaticity in solution, unlike most of the all-aza analogues.