A self-assembled trimeric ring-shaped aggregate of an aluminium(III) porphyrin bearing a benzoic acid in one meso-position has been characterized by NMR-spectroscopy and MALDI-TOF spectrometry.
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A self-assembled trimeric ring-shaped aggregate of an aluminium(III) porphyrin bearing a benzoic acid in one meso-position has been characterized by NMR-spectroscopy and MALDI-TOF spectrometry.