2021 journal article
Study of conditions for streamlined assembly of a model bacteriochlorophyll from two dihydrodipyrrin halves
NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY, 45(2), 569β581.
Knoevenagel condensation followed by double-ring closure (Nazarov cyclization, electrophilic aromatic substitution, elimination of methanol) and optional zinc insertion smoothly afford models of the native bacteriochlorophylls.