Unexpected one-pot synthesis of A3-type unsymmetrical porphyrin

The first direct synthesis of A₃-type unsymmetrical porphyrin is achieved via conventional pyrrole–aldehyde condensation in a one-pot procedure in an appreciable yield. Generalization of this approach to a variety of other aldehydes revealed that it is advantageous for highly electron-rich aldehydes giving unsymmetrical porphyrin, while electron-poor aldehydes even failed to cyclize under the same experimental conditions.     

Appended corrole manganese complexes:Catalysis and axial-ligand effect

A series of N-base appended corroles and their manganese complexes were synthesized and their binding constants with three different nitrogenous ligands, triethylamine, N-methylimidazole and pyridine, were evaluated by spectroscopy. Kinetic studies indicated that the presence of appended N- donor ligands may cause a significant enhancement of the rate of oxygen atom transfers （OAT） from （oxo）manganese（V） corrole to alkene, and the stronger axial ligand binding has impact on the rate of the oxidation reaction. Turnover frequency （TOF） for the catalytic oxidation of alkenes by appended manganese corroles varies with the following ligand order： acetamido 〈 pyridyl 〈 imidazolyl. The influence of the external axial ligands on the catalytic epoxidation was investigated by using appended acetamido manganese corrole as catalyst, with the results revealing that N-methylimidazole gave the best enhancement on the yields of total oxidation products among the investigated nitrogenous ligands.     

Model Companions with Finitely Many Countable Models

We present two conditions which are equivalent to having an almost χ₀-categorical model companion. Mathematics Subject Classification: 03C35.     

Mailbox¶Boolean products of indecomposables

No Abstract. Received August 24, 2002; accepted in final form October 23, 2002.