Tetrahedron

Porphyrin synthesis from nitrocompounds

N Ono, H Kawamura, M Bougauchi, K Maruyama

Index: Ono, Noboru; Kawamura, Hisayuki; Bougauchi, Masahiro; Maruyama, Kazuhiro Tetrahedron, 1990 , vol. 46, # 21 p. 7483 - 7496

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Citation Number: 102

Abstract

A new porphyrin synthesis starting from nitroalkenes or their equivalents is described. For example, octaethylporphyrin, coproporphyrin, porphyrin-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 octapropionic acid, and 2, 7, 12, 17 tetraarylporphyrin are prepared in good yield from readily available materials such as 1-nitropropane, nitroethane, nitromethane, and aldehydes.