Quadruply gamma-cyclodextrin-linked cofacial porphyrin is synthesized from
the one-pot reaction of pyrrole and acetylated gamma-cyclodextrin 6(A),6(E)
-bisbenzaldehyde by the Lindsey's method, Deacetylation affords the water-s
oluble derivative. Their spectroscopic properties are also described. (C) 1
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