Takanami Toshikatsu, Wakita Atsushi, Matsumoto Jun, Sekine Sadashige, Suda Kohji
Meiji Pharmaceutical University, 2-522-1, Noshio, Kiyose, Tokyo 204-8588, Japan.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2009 Jan 7(1):101-3. doi: 10.1039/b817551a. Epub 2008 Nov 19.
An efficient one-pot procedure which converts 5,15-disubstituted porphyrins into their corresponding meso acyl-, alkoxycarbonyl-, and carbamoyl-substituted meso-formylporphyrins has been developed, where the procedure involves a sequential S(N)Ar reaction of porphyrins with PyMe(2)SiCH(2)Li, followed by acylation or related reactions and oxidation.