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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 13.
Published in final edited form as: Biomacromolecules. 2012 Jul 24;13(8):2333–2338. doi: 10.1021/bm300578p

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Synthesis of azide-tailed porphyrins. a) BF3•Et2O, CH2Cl2, 8%; b) Na2S, CH3Cl/MeOH, reflux, 70%; c) EDC, HOBt, Et3N, CH2Cl2, 74%; d) NaOH, H2O, THF, 96%; e) BocNH(CH2)2NH2, EDC, HOBt, Et3N, DMF, 54%; f) TFA, CH2Cl2, ion exchange (Cl− form), 90%; g) ZnO, H2O/MeOH, 86%.