Self-assembly of oligomeric porphyrin rings.
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.
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Krebs Institute for Biomolecular Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7HF, U.K.
Hunter
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James
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Michelsen
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Sutton
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D003035:Cobalt; D008665:Metalloporphyrins / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D011166:Porphyrins / Q000737:chemistry*
D008665:Metalloporphyrins; D011166:Porphyrins; D003035:Cobalt