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Substituent effects in tetrapyrrole subunit reactivity and pinacol-pinacolone rearrangements: Vic-dihydroxychlorins and vic-dihydroxybacteriochlorins

  • Ravindra K. Pandey
  • , Fuu Yau Shiau
  • , Meden Isaac
  • , S. Ramaprasad
  • , Thomas J. Dougherty
  • , Kevin M. Smith
  • University of California at Davis
  • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
  • Roswell Park Cancer Institute

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Abstract

Regiospecificity of pyrrole subunit OsO4 oxidation in porphyrins is affected significantly by the presence of electron-withdrawing groups on the macrocycle, the oxidation taking place at the subunit in the quadrant opposite to the electronegative group. Migratory aptitudes in subsequent pinacol-pinacolone rearrangements of porphyrin and pheophorbide vic-dihydroxy systems are likewise dependent upon the presence of electron-withdrawing functionalities.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7815-7818
Number of pages4
JournalTetrahedron Letters
Volume33
Issue number51
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 5 1992

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