Substituent-controlled construction of A₄B₂-hexaphyrins and A₃B-porphyrins: a mechanistic evaluation

• Seda Cinar,
• Dilek Isik Tasgin and
• Canan Unaleroglu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1832–1840, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.135

• of porphyrinogen and hexaphyrinogen forms. Keywords: A4B2-hexaphyrin; A3B-porphyrin; N-tosylimine; Cu(OTf)2 catalysis; HRESI–TOF analysis; Introduction Porphyrins and expanded porphyrins have found widespread applications in supramolecular chemistry [1][2][3][4]. Expanded porphyrins are utilized as