posted on 2006-09-14, 00:00authored byWei-Nan Yen, Shang-Shih Lo, Ming-Cheng Kuo, Chi-Lun Mai, Gene-Hsiang Lee, Shie-Ming Peng, Chen-Yu Yeh
A series of novel star-shaped porphyrin−triarylamine conjugates were synthesized by palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions. The
spectroscopic and electrochemical studies show that π-conjugation of the porphyrin core is extended to the triarylamine moieties.