A facile and rapid iodine-catalyzed meso-tetraphenylporphyrin synthesis using microwave activation

Romain Lucas (1) , Julien Vergnaud (1) , Karine Teste (1) , Rachida Zerrouki (1) , Vincent Sol (1) , Pierre Krausz (1)

1 LCSN - Laboratoire de Chimie des Substances Naturelles

This Letter describes arapid, easy and efficient one-pot procedure for tetraphenylporphyrinsynthesis using iodine-catalysis and microwaveactivation. Commercial pyrrole, benzaldehyde and dichloromethane were being used as such, without prior distillation

Mots clés: Tetraphenylporphyrin; Iodine catalysis; Microwave-activated synthesis

Domaines: Chimie organique

Romain Lucas, Julien Vergnaud, Karine Teste, Rachida Zerrouki, Vincent Sol, et al.. A facile and rapid iodine-catalyzed meso-tetraphenylporphyrin synthesis using microwave activation. Tetrahedron Letters, 2008, 49 (38), pp.5537-5539. ⟨10.1016/j.tetlet.2008.07.058⟩. ⟨hal-00686404⟩