Harmjanz M, Bozidarević I, Scott M J
Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, P.O. Box 117200, Gainesville, Florida 32611-7200, USA.
Org Lett. 2001 Jul 26;3(15):2281-4. doi: 10.1021/ol016046u.
[structure: see text] Acid-catalyzed [2 + 2] condensation reactions of polycyclic aromatic vicinal diketones including aceanthrenequinone, phenathrenequinone, and pyrene-4,5-dione with 5-mesityldipyrromethanes are outlined, and this methodology provides a flexible entry to spiro-tricyclic porphodimethenes. The porphodimethene products have been fully characterized, including X-ray structure analyses and fluorescence spectroscopy. In the case of the phenanthrenone-substituted macrocycle, the two spiro-locks can be ring-opened to form a trans-bis(2'-hydroxymethylbiphenyl)-substituted porphyrin.
