title: Acylation of nickel meso-tetraarylporphyrins: porphyrin to corrole ring contraction and formation of seco-porphyrins.
abstract: Friedel-Crafts acylation of nickel meso-tetraarylporphyrins with aryl anhydrides, followed by air oxidation in the presence of pyridine, DMAP, and excess anhydride, produced corroles in 8-21% yields. Other products include a porphyrinic ketone, an additional corrole whose bridge has been retained as an acyl group attached to a pyrrole, and a lactone resulting from the insertion of an oxygen atom into an alpha,beta-pyrrole bond. The ring contraction is best explained by a pinacolic rearrangement reminiscent of the one taking place in the formation of corrinoids, a benzoyloxy group replacing the acetic side chain found in the natural products.
authors.affiliation: UMR 7177 CNRS, Faculté de Chimie, Université Louis Pasteur, 1 rue Blaise Pascal, 67000 Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jeandon
authors.forename: Romain
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ruppert
authors.forename: Henry J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Callot