Dendrimers as scaffolds for the synthesis of spherical porphyrin arrays

Pablo Ballester; Rosa M Gomila; Christopher A Hunter; Amy S H King; Lance J Twyman

doi:10.1039/b210549g

Dendrimers as scaffolds for the synthesis of spherical porphyrin arrays

Chem Commun (Camb). 2003 Jan 7:(1):38-9. doi: 10.1039/b210549g.

Authors

Pablo Ballester¹, Rosa M Gomila, Christopher A Hunter, Amy S H King, Lance J Twyman

Affiliation

¹ Krebs Institute for Biomolecular Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK S3 7HF.

PMID: 12610954
DOI: 10.1039/b210549g

Abstract

This communication describes a self assembled porphyrin sphere. The globular macromolecular assembly contains 12 terminal porphyrins and has a molecular mass in excess of 15,000 g mol-1.