Quinone??Based, Redox??Active Resorcin [4] arene Cavitands

…, C Boudon, JP Gisselbrecht, MO Ebert…

Index: Pochorovski, Igor; Boudon, Corinne; Gisselbrecht, Jean-Paul; Ebert, Marc-Olivier; Schweizer, W. Bernd; Diederich, Francois Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2012 , vol. 51, # 1 p. 262 - 266

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Abstract

Since the preparation of the first quinoxaline-bridged resorcin [4] arene cavitand by Cram and co-workers in 1982,[1] numerous derivatives with various structures and functions have been prepared and employed as switches,[2] receptors and sensors,[3] catalysts,[4] and molecular hosts.[5] The most fascinating feature of top-open resorcin [4] arene cavitands is their ability to adopt two spatially well-defined conformations: an expanded “kite” form and ...