Rothemund and Adler-Longo reactions revisited: synthesis of tetraphenylporphyrins under equilibrium conditions

JS Lindsey, IC Schreiman, HC Hsu…

Index: Journal of Organic Chemistry, , vol. 52, # 5 p. 827 - 836

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Citation Number: 1327

Abstract

... Third, the batch-to-batch reproducibility of the reaction is often rather poor. The current synthetic needs of porphyrin chemistry are thus only partially satisfied by this methodology. ... Page 5. J. Org. Chem., Vol. 52, No. 5, 1987 831 Synthesis of Tetraphenylporphyrins ...