Synthesis of meso-substituted dipyrromethanes using iodine-catalysis

Pierre-Antoine Faugeras (1) , Benjamin Boëns (1) , Pierre-Henri Elchinger (1) , Julien Vergnaud (1) , Karine Teste (1) , Rachida Zerrouki (1)

1 LCSN - Laboratoire de Chimie des Substances Naturelles

This Letter presents a non-conventional synthesis of meso-substituted dipyrromethanes, using molecular iodine as the catalyst. Various aromatic dipyrromethanes were obtained in good yields after a preliminary study using nitrobenzaldehyde. The reactants and reagents were used as such, without prior distillation

Mots clés: Dipyrromethane; Iodine catalysis; Microwave activation

Domaines: Chimie; Chimie organique

Pierre-Antoine Faugeras, Benjamin Boëns, Pierre-Henri Elchinger, Julien Vergnaud, Karine Teste, et al.. Synthesis of meso-substituted dipyrromethanes using iodine-catalysis. Tetrahedron Letters, 2010, 51 (35), pp.4630-4632. ⟨10.1016/j.tetlet.2010.06.122⟩. ⟨hal-00697429⟩