Elsevier, Tetrahedron Letters, 24(44), p. 4463-4466
DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(03)01028-1
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Syntheses for porphyrin-o-quinone diads and triads are described. Depending on the substituents R1 and R2 porphyrin decomposition, quinone ring-opening reactions or oxidative quinone dimerizations can occur.