ChemInform Abstract: Metal Complexes with Tetrapyrrole Ligands. Part 48. Vilsmeier Formylation of Metal Porphyrins of Co(II), Ni(II), Pd(II), Pt(II), Cu(II), Zn(II), Co(III), Cr(III), Mn(III), Fe(III), Al(III), Si(IV), and Pt(IV) and Its Dependence on the Central Metal.

Abstract

Vilsmeier formylation of tetra‐p‐tolylporphyrin complexes such as (I) or (III) yields the 2‐formyl derivatives, e.g. (II), (IV).