Synthesis and characterization of large (30-60-Membered) aliphatic crown ethers

…, MC Bheda, P Engen, YX Shen, J Sze…

Index: Gibson, Harry W.; Bheda, Mukesh C.; Engen, Paul; Shen, Ya Xi; Sze, Jean; et al. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1994 , vol. 59, # 8 p. 2186 - 2196

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Abstract

We report a new synthetic approach to large (30-72-membered) crown ethers based on isolation of the small and large cyclic polyethers made by combination of 1 mol or 2 mol each, respectively, of oligo (ethy1ene glyco1) s and oligo (ethy1ene glycol) ditosylates. The advantages of this approach are the use of readily available glycols [up to hexa (ethy1ene glycol)] as starting materials and the ability to optimize the procedure for selective ...