title: Unexpected bromination ring-opening of tetraarylporphyrins.
abstract: An unexpected, mild, efficient bromination ring-opening method has been developed for convenient synthesis of various novel biladienes or brominated porphyrins by controlling the amounts of NBS used.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Organofluorine Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 354 Fenglin Road, 200032, China.
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Dong-Mei
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Qing-Yun
authors.initials: QY
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D001966:Bromine / Q000737:chemistry*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D011166:Porphyrins / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D011166:Porphyrins; D001966:Bromine