title: Self-assembly of oligomeric porphyrin rings.
abstract: A cobalt porphyrin equipped with two different but geometrically complementary pyridine ligands self-assembles to form an unusually stable complex with approximately 12 porphyrin monomers arranged in a macrocyclic array.
authors.affiliation: Krebs Institute for Biomolecular Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7HF, U.K.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Haycock
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Hunter
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: James
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Michelsen
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Sutton
mesh_terms: D003035:Cobalt; D008665:Metalloporphyrins / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D011166:Porphyrins / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D008665:Metalloporphyrins; D011166:Porphyrins; D003035:Cobalt