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Template‐Directed Synthesis of a π‐Conjugated Porphyrin Nanoring
Author(s) -
Hoffmann Markus,
Wilson Craig J.,
Odell Barbara,
Anderson Harry L.
Publication year - 2007
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.200604601
Subject(s) - nanoring , porphyrin , conjugated system , histone octamer , pyridine , bending , computer science , polymer science , combinatorial chemistry , chemistry , materials science , nanotechnology , polymer , organic chemistry , composite material , biochemistry , nucleosome , gene , histone
Round the bend : Bending a molecular wire round an eight‐spoked template leads to the formation of a highly symmetric belt‐shaped π system (green in picture). Addition of a large excess of pyridine releases the corresponding cyclic octamer from the template.