C–C Coupling in sterically demanding porphyrin environments

• Liam Cribbin,
• Brendan Twamley,
• Nicolae Buga,
• John E. O’ Brien,
• Raphael Bühler,
• Roland A. Fischer and
• Mathias O. Senge

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2784–2798, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.234

• substrates in their void. Keywords: C–C coupling; conformational analysis; nonplanar porphyrin; Pd-catalysis; porphyrin; Introduction Porphyrins are tetrapyrrolic macrocycles that perform essential processes in nature, such as oxygen transport in hemoglobin and photosynthesis [1]. Porphyrins are often