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Cu(II)-porphyrin
9
was synthesized using Lindsey's method by condensation of
3-(3,5-di-
ortho
-carboranyl-methoxybenzyloxy)benzaldehyde with pyrrole in the
presence of BF
3
·OEt
2
followed by copper insertion using Cu(II) acetate, in 20%
overall yield [
39
]. Using a similar strategy, porphyrins
10
-
12
were prepared, from
reaction of pyrrole or a
-substituted pyrrole with a boronated benzaldehyde,
followed by metal insertion, and in the case of
12
, by bromination of CuTCPH (
11
)
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