Patents Examined by Joesph Kosack
  • Synthetic route to ABCD-porphyrins
    Patent number: 7994312
    Abstract: A method of making a metalloporphyrin is carried out by reacting (i) a linear tetrapyrrole, said linear tetrapyrrole having a 19-acyl group and a 1-protecting group, with (ii) a metal salt under basic conditions to produce the metalloporphyrin. Products produced by such methods and intermediates useful for carrying out such methods are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Jonathan S. Lindsey, Dilek Dogutan Kiper