Z. Gross, A. Mahammed
Sep 1, 2002
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Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
Abstract
We show that, despite the 139 possible products, tris(pentafluorophenyl)corrole is sulfonated by H2SO4 in quantitative yield to a 9:1 mixture of only the 2,17- and 3,17- isomers and that its deuteration by trifluoroacetic acid-d proceeds in the order of C3,17 > C2,18 >> C8,12 > C7,13. These results add confidence to the feasibility of electrophilic substitution of corroles as a synthetic tool to many novel derivatives.