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DOI: 10.1039/A700652G (Paper) Reference Section for: J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1997, 2099-2110

Haem d1: stereoselective synthesis of the reduced form of its parent macrocycle using the original coupling strategy

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Christopher J. Aucken, Finian J. Leeper and Alan R. Battersby

Abstract

A substituted isobacteriochlorin, which corresponds structurally to the reduced metal-free macrocycle of haem d1, has been synthesised by a stereoselective route in which the final step is a photochemical 18π-electron antarafacial cyclisation of an open-chain precursor.

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