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CHEMISTRY-AN ASIAN JOURNAL
Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages 6-20Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/asia.201601270
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aromaticity; macrocycles; octaphyrins; porphyrinoids; ring inversion
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- DST, New Delhi
- IISER, Pune
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Amongst the various porphyrinoids, octaphyrin has attracted significant attention owing to its diverse syntheses, conformations, and metal-ligation properties. Octaphyrin is a higher homologue of porphyrin and is formed by linking together heterocycles such as pyrrole, furan, thiophene, and selenophene through alpha-alpha or alpha-meso carbon bonds. The planar conformation is mainly achieved through inversion of the heterocyclic units from the center of macro-cycle; avoiding meso-bridges; introducing a para-quinodimethane bridge; employing a neo-confusion approach; protonation; and by generating dianionic species. In this Focus Review, recent synthetic advancements in the field of octaphyrins are summarized. The twisted conformation of the octaphyrin binds to two metal ions in a tetracoordinate geometry. The diphosphorus complex of octaphyrin represents the first example of a stable expanded isophlorin.
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