Direct synthesis of magnesium porphine via 1-formyldipyrromethane

DK Dogutan, M Ptaszek, JS Lindsey

Index: Journal of Organic Chemistry, , vol. 72, # 13 p. 5008 - 5011

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Citation Number: 43

Abstract

... The Journal of ... J. Org. Chem. ... Mg(II) porphine exhibits good solubility in common organic solvents and is a valuable core scaffold for derivatization. Porphine (1, Chart 1) is the simplest porphyrin and represents the core macrocycle of naturally occurring and synthetic porphyrins. ...