Towards True Carbaporphyrinoids: Synthesis of 21‐Carba‐23‐thiaporphyrin

In the search for porphyrinoids with a built-in cyclopentadienyl moiety (true carbaporphyrins), a rational synthesis of carbathiaporphyrin, the synthons, has been elaborated. The donors (C,N,S,N) in the porphyrinic core of carbathiaporphyrinoids are potentially of fundamental importance for generating organometallic complexes, as exemplified through formation of the palladium(II) complex.