Meso–meso-linked porphyrin dimer as a novel scaffold for the selective binding of oligosaccharidesElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available (i) Fig. A and B (Job plot for 1+M4 and possible binding mode for 1/M4, respectively). See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b0/b003365k/

Abstract

A meso–meso-linked porphyrin dimer 1 bearing four boronic acid groups shows high selectivity for maltotetraose (n = 4) among maltooligosaccharides (n = 1–7), indicating that this class of porphyrins acts as a novel scaffold to design oligosaccharide receptors.