Solvent-Free Condensation of Pyrrole and Pentafluorobenzaldehyde: A Novel Synthetic Pathway to Corrole and Oligopyrromethenes

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Authors

Zeev Gross · Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

Nitsa Galili · Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

L. Simkhovich · Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

Irena Saltsman · Tel Aviv University

Mark Botoshansky · Tel Aviv University

Dieter Bläser · Tel Aviv University

Roland Boese

Abstract

The solvent-free condensation of pyrrole and pentafluorobenzaldehyde (and to a lesser extent other electron-poor aldehydes as well) leads to a variety of products, of which three have been isolated and fully characterized. The two main products (11% each) are an open-chain pentapyrrole and corrole, a tetrapyrrolic macrocycle.

Topics & Keywords

Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics Surface Chemistry and Catalysis

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: Organic Letters

Volume 1, Issue 4, pp. 599-602

DOI: 10.1021/ol990739h

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