We have undertaken a study of the bromination of porphin. We have learned contrary to literature reports, that bromine (in chloroform) attacks porphin preferentially at the meso position and that bromination of this meso monobromoporphin produces a single dibromo product, namely 5, 15‐dibromoporphin. Our results are interpreted in terms of the aromaticity of the different peripheral carbon atoms.
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