Synthesis and Properties of a Vertically Stacked Porphyrin‐Quinone(1)‐Quinone(2) Cyclophane

Model compounds for the study of the primary processes in photosynthesis continue to spur chemists on to elaborate syntheses. Latest efforts have resulted in the triple-decker compounds (“triads”) 1 and 2, in which two quinone and one porphyrin, and one quinone and two porphyrin units, respectively, are linked in rigid arrangements.