Dendrimers as scaffolds for the synthesis of spherical porphyrin arrays.
This communication describes a self assembled porphyrin sphere. The globular macromolecular assembly contains 12 terminal porphyrins and has a molecular mass in excess of 15,000 g mol-1.
Ballester
Pablo
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Krebs Institute for Biomolecular Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK S3 7HF.
Gomila
Rosa M
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Hunter
Christopher A
CA
King
Amy S H
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Twyman
Lance J
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