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A New Route to Organic Nanotubes from Porphyrin Dendrimers
Author(s) -
Kim Yoonkyung,
Mayer Michael F.,
Zimmerman Steven C.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200390295
Subject(s) - porphyrin , dendrimer , oligomer , chemistry , metathesis , polymer , polymer chemistry , nanotechnology , materials science , photochemistry , organic chemistry , polymerization
By chemically cleaving out the core of a dendritic metalloporphyrin coordination polymer, organic nanotubes can be created (see schematic representation). This is made possible by intramolecularly cross‐linking the periphery of the oligomer with a ring‐closing metathesis reaction prior to coring.