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Vernier Templating of Nanoscopic Porphyrin Rings
Author(s) -
Kleij Arjan W.
Publication year - 2011
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.201103984
Subject(s) - vernier scale , porphyrin , nanoscopic scale , nanotechnology , materials science , dispersity , conjugated system , chemistry , optics , polymer chemistry , photochemistry , physics , polymer , composite material
Growing bigger : A versatile approach toward the construction of nanosize π‐conjugated macrocycles by Vernier templation has been demonstrated. The use of linear tetranuclear Zn II porprhyrin complexes and a suitable and readily available six‐site template leads to formation and isolation of a giant, monodisperse macrocycle in a limited amount of synthetic steps, marking Vernier complex formation a powerful and new tool for the creation of superstructures (see picture).