Synthesis, complexation, and photoisomerization studies on some chiral monocyclic stilbenophanes and bis-cyclophanes

P Rajakumar, S Selvam

Index: Rajakumar, Perumal; Selvam, Subramaniyan Tetrahedron, 2007 , vol. 63, # 36 p. 8891 - 8901

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Abstract

Various chiral stilbenophanes with small and large rigid cavities have been synthesized. Bis- cyclophanes with a stilbene-bridging unit have also been synthesized. Some of the stilbenophanes form charge transfer complexes with either TCNQ or TCNE. Photoisomerization of the bis-cyclophanes has also been studied.