Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry

Syntheses of covalently??linked porphyrin??quinone complexes

JLY Kong, PA Loach

Index: Kong, Josephine L. Y.; Loach, Paul A. Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, 1980 , vol. 17, p. 737 - 744

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Abstract

Abstract A synthetic route for the preparation of covalently-linked porphyrin-quinone and metalloporphyrin-quinone complexes as models for the phototrap in bacterial photosynthesis is described. 5-(4-Carboxyphenyl)-10, 15, 20-tritolylporphyrin, prepared by a mixed aldehyde approach, was attached to a benzoquinone center with a propanediol bridge by means of ester linkages. The starting point for the benzoquinone moiety was 2, ...