Template-Assembled Porphyrin Nanoring

One-Step Complex Assembly

Efficient one-step construction of porphyrin nanorings with tunable cavity sizes via imine condensation and template direction, serving as fullerene hosts.

Li, Shijun · Liu, Jiyong · Little, Marc A. · Xie, Yongshu · Huang, Feihe

Chemical Science 2025

Advantages

One-step self-assembly of up to 9 or 18 precursor molecules

Formation of triporphyrin and hexaporphyrin nanorings

Stabilization via reduction and acylation

Cavities encapsulate C60 and C70