One‐Pot Synthesis of a bis‐Pocket Corrole through a 14‐fold Bromination Reaction

A one‐pot protocol, effecting 14‐fold bromination with elemental bromine, has afforded copper β‐octabromo‐meso‐tris(2,6‐dibromo‐3,5‐dimethoxyphenyl)corrole, a new bis‐pocket metallocorrole. The Cu complex underwent smooth demetalation under reductive conditions, affording the free corrole ligand, which in turn could be readily complexed to Mn(III) and Au(III). A single‐crystal X‐ray structure was obtained for the Mn(III) complex.