changed to antiaromatic by fusing the core benzene ring with one of the adjacent meso-
phenyl groups, as demonstrated here by adopting a premodification method. We used a
fluorene moiety in place of the m-phenylene ring as a premodified fused aromatic motif to
synthesize fused heterobenziporphyrins. Spectral and X-ray data indicated that the
macrocycles are antiaromatic, which was supported by DFT, ACID, and NICS calculations …