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Title: Porphyrin metallation
Post by: Mocook on March 27, 2013, 12:11:47 AM

Hello,

Anyone familiar with a technique to metallation of octaethylporphyrin to yield nickel octaethylporphyrin?

Regards

Title: Re: Porphyrin metallation
Post by: djt on March 28, 2013, 07:47:30 AM

Never worked with porphrin's myself, but have done a lot of work with phthalocyanine's. Usually to metallate, reflux in quinoline with the desired metal acetate.