One-pot synthesis of meso-formylporphyrins by SNAr reaction of 5, 15-disubstituted porphyrins with (2-pyridyldimethylsilyl)methyllithium

Organic Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 685-687

  Takanami, Toshikatsu ^a   Wakita, Atsushi ^a   Sawaizumi, Aoyo ^a   Iso, Kazuhiro ^a   Onodera, Hidetoshi ^a   Suda, Kohji ^a  

^a MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; PORPHYRIN; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

CATALYSIS; LITHIUM; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PORPHYRINS; SILICON; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 39749122648     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol703107t     Document Type: Article

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