Porphyrins participate as dienophiles in Diels-Alder reactions with ortho-quinodimethanes or pentacene. They can also behave as dipolarophiles in 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions with a range of 1,3-dipoles. These two reaction types were successfully used to synthesize novel chlorins, bacteriochlorins and isobacteriochlorins.
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