Synthesis of meso-substituted dipyrromethanes using iodine-catalysis

PA Faugeras, B Boëns, PH Elchinger, J Vergnaud…

Index: Faugeras, Pierre-Antoine; Boens, Benjamin; Elchinger, Pierre-Henri; Vergnaud, Julien; Teste, Karine; Zerrouki, Rachida Tetrahedron Letters, 2010 , vol. 51, # 35 p. 4630 - 4632

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Abstract

This Letter presents a non-conventional synthesis of meso-substituted dipyrromethanes, using molecular iodine as the catalyst. Various aromatic dipyrromethanes were obtained in good yields after a preliminary study using nitrobenzaldehyde. The reactants and reagents were used as such, without prior distillation.