Bis-Porphyrin Racks with Space-Separated Co-Planar Porphyrin Rings.docVIP

Molecules 2001, 6, 406-416 molecules ISSN 1420-3049 Bis-Porphyrin Racks with Space-Separated Co-Planar Porphyrin Rings Martin R. Johnston* Centre for Molecular Architecture, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 4702. *To whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: m.johnston@.au Received: 7 December 2000; in revised form 19 March 2001 / Accepted: 21 March 2001 / Published: 31 March 2001 Abstract: A porphyrin appended norbornenyl building block 8 has been isolated and coupled, using a 1,3-dipolar ACE reaction, to yield bis-porphyrin compounds i