Premium
Electrophilic Activation of Aldehydes “On Water”: A Facile Route to Dipyrromethanes
Author(s) -
Zoli Luca,
Cozzi Pier Giorgio
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
chemsuschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.412
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1864-564X
pISSN - 1864-5631
DOI - 10.1002/cssc.200900023
Subject(s) - porphyrin , electrophile , chemistry , lewis acids and bases , water soluble , organic chemistry , electrophilic substitution , block (permutation group theory) , combinatorial chemistry , catalysis , geometry , mathematics
Shaken … and stirred : Dipyrromethane, an important building block in porphyrin chemistry, can be easily accessed by a reaction performed on water in the absence of Lewis acids. Thus, a variety of substituted dipyrromethanes were prepared in moderate to good yields using a range of aldehydes.