G-quartets as a self-assembled scaffold for circular porphyrin arraysElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: 1. ESI-MSspectrum of 1 in methanol–dichloromethane and elemental analysis results. 2. 1H NMR and NOESY spectra (400 MHZ) of 2 mM [1]8–Kpic in CDCl3 at −10 °C. 3. Tentative structure of the octameric complex, as evinced from preliminary data. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b0/b006160n/

Abstract

A new lipophilic guanosine carrying a porphyrin chromophore on the ribose moiety has been prepared: evidence is reported for the formation of a supramolecular complex based on G-quartets and containing an array of eight porphyrins.