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Expanded Porphyrins: More Confusion All the Time^†

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Prof. Dr. Francis D'Souza

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Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, 1155 Union Circle, #305070, Denton, TX 76203-5017 (USA)

Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, 1155 Union Circle, #305070, Denton, TX 76203-5017 (USA)Search for more papers by this author

Prof. Dr. Francis D'Souza,

Corresponding Author

Prof. Dr. Francis D'Souza

[email protected]

Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, 1155 Union Circle, #305070, Denton, TX 76203-5017 (USA)

Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, 1155 Union Circle, #305070, Denton, TX 76203-5017 (USA)Search for more papers by this author

First published: 09 March 2015

https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201501046

Citations: 20

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Support from the National Science Foundation (140188) is gratefully acknowledged.

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Confusion leads to cooperative reactivity: Oxidative ring-closure reactions of oligopyrranes containing two terminal confused pyrroles yield expanded porphyrinoids, which show cooperative reactivity between the directly linked confused pyrroles. These transformations constitute a new method for the synthesis of novel porphyrinoids with unconventional pyrrole linking modes and unique properties.