Journal of heterocyclic chemistry

Syntheses of tetraoxaquaterene derivatives

S Tanaka, H Tomokuni

Index: Tanaka, Sanae; Tomokuni, Hidehiko Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, 1991 , vol. 28, # 4 p. 991 - 994

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Abstract

Abstract Several new dimethyl and tetramethyl tetraoxaquaterenes, 3d and 3e, have been prepared in order to synthesize the oxygen analogues of porphyrin. The reaction between furan and a ketone using an acidic catalyst gave the cyclic tetramer, tetraquaterene, and oligomers. On the other hand, in the case of furan and an aldehyde, only linear oligomers were isolated. The condensation of furan-containing dimers with carbonyl compounds, ...