Abstract
The synthesis of porphyrin polymers or porphyrimers provide the potential for diverse applications in several areas of life and industry. Most notable are the formulation of artificial blood, the development of photocatalysts, electronic conductors and semiconductors for solar energy conversion, photo optical refractors, holographic image devices, photodynamic therapy and energy storage. Even after decades of research much of these applications are yet to be realized. Hence, we attempted to design and develop a new porphyrin polymer that may be capable of application as artificial blood. In this study, we present the synthesis and characterization of the monomer 5,10,15,20-tetra-3,5-diaminophenylporphyrin and the attempted polymerization process using known amide reaction techniques employing diacid chlorides such as oxaloyl chloride as the co-monomer. Various analytical techniques (UV-VIS absorption and fluorescence emission spectroscopy, GS-MS, LC-MS and IR) have been used for characterization of reaction products and intermediate.