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Porphyrin
« on: August 21, 2010, 05:28:48 PM »
Hi

When benzaldehyde and pyrrole is refluxed in propionic acid, meso-tetraphenylporphyrin (H2TPP) is the major product. But why is meso-tetraphenylchlorin (H2TPC) also formed? I'm clueless, so I could really use a hint here.

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