Abstract A novel series of biaryl-type, meso, meso-linked and planar, triply fused diporphyrin derivatives was prepared and fully characterized together with the corresponding monoporphyrin control compounds. They feature peripheral meso-3-cyanophenyl and meso- 3, 5-cyanophenyl groups, which have previously been shown to undergo transformation into malonates without perturbation of the porphyrin core and subsequent Bingel addition to ...
