
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Clezy, PS 
A1  - Tonkin, K 
T1  - The Chemistry of Pyrrolic Compounds. LX. Reaction of Photoprotoporphyrin-IX Dimethyl Ester With Cyanide Ion
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1987
VL  - 40
IS  - 2
SP  - 413
EP  - 416
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9870413 
N2  - Reaction of the a,&#946;-unsaturated aldehyde system of photoprotoporphyrin IX dimethyl ester with cyanide ion yields a porphyrin with an acetamide side chain. Mechanistically, the reaction can be viewed as an intramolecular hydrolysis of the cyanide adduct driven by a return to a macrocycle with the porphyrin conjugation pathway. 
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