Organic & biomolecular chemistry

Self-assembly of porphyrin–azulene–porphyrin and porphyrin–azulene conjugates

ZY Xiao, X Zhao, XK Jiang, ZT Li

Index: Xiao, Ze-Yun; Zhao, Xin; Jiang, Xi-Kui; Li, Zhan-Ting Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2009 , vol. 7, # 12 p. 2540 - 2547

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Abstract

In this paper we report the synthesis and self-assembling behavior of new porphyrin- azulene-porphyrin and porphyrin-azulene conjugates. The porphyrin-azulene-porphyrin conjugate gelates a number of organic solvents, while the porphyrin-azulene conjugates form vesicles in a chloroform–methanol binary mixture. The structures of the organogels and vesicles have been characterized by SEM and AFM. Two porphyrin-naphthalene- ...