title: Proofs of macrocyclization of gable porphyrins as mimics of photosynthetic light-harvesting complexes.
abstract: Porphyrin macrocycles composed of five and six units of m-gable imidazolylporphyrinatozinc (1-Zn) were synthesized by self-assembled cyclization followed by ring-closing metathesis linkings. Each porphyrin macrocycle was isolated by GPC chromatography, and their molecular weights were determined by MALDI-TOF mass spectroscopy. These structures represent mimics of light-harvesting complexes in photosynthetic bacteria. [structure: see text]
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, and CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan.
authors.forename: Chusaku
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Akiharu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Satake
authors.forename: Yoshiaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kobuke