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• TITLE: Preparation of Single Substituted Phenyl Porphyrins Form Meso-Tetraphenyl Porphyrin-Synthetic Example from Symmetric Porphyrin into Asymmetric Porphyrins

  AUTHORS: Hui Lin, Xiaoting Chen, Yahong Wu, Shanling Tong, Sheng Hu, Jian Yu, Yan Yan

  KEYWORDS: Asymmetric Porphyrin, Spectral Characterization, Redox, Chloromethylation, Formylation

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.8 No.1, December 13, 2017

  ABSTRACT: Two asymmetric porphyrins, 5-(4-chloromethylphenyl)-10, 15, 20-triphenyl porphyrin and 5-(4-formylphenyl)-10, 15, 20-triphenyl porphyrin, were successfully prepared by the symmetric meso-tetraphenyl porphyrin and relative molecular configurations and properties were characterized by spectral determinations. This work presented an example for synthesis of asymmetric porphyrin derivatives from the symmetric porphyrin. Both asymmetric porphyrins are reactive in molecular assembly, the concerned reactions including alkylation with Grignard reagents, etherification with alcohols, aldol condensation and Mannich reaction for modification and enhancing their functionality. In this work, the reaction conditions were improved, synthetic strategy and route were confirmed.