How Should Aromaticity Be Described in Porphyrinoids

“Porphyrins really are the [18]annulenes of nature”—This is the title of a report dealing with a new macrocycle (see structure; gray C, white H, blue N), which can be considered as either a porphyrin or an [18]annulene. The spectroscopic data prove the aromatic and porphyrinoid character of the new...

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Published inAngewandte Chemie (International ed.) Vol. 50; no. 11; pp. 2436 - 2438
Main Author Broring, Martin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Weinheim Wiley-VCH Verlag 07.03.2011
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EditionInternational ed. in English
Subjects
annulenes
aromaticity
conjugation
Hückel
porphyrinoids
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Summary:“Porphyrins really are the [18]annulenes of nature”—This is the title of a report dealing with a new macrocycle (see structure; gray C, white H, blue N), which can be considered as either a porphyrin or an [18]annulene. The spectroscopic data prove the aromatic and porphyrinoid character of the new compound, and support the simple concept of a (4n+2)π main conjugation pathway as a key criterion for porphyrinoid Hückel aromaticity.
Bibliography:http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201007442
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ISSN:1433-7851
1521-3773
DOI:10.1002/anie.201007442