Resorcinarenes as templates: a general strategy for the synthesis of large macrocycles

X Li, TG Upton, CLD Gibb, BC Gibb

Index: Li, Xuehe; Upton, Thomas G.; Gibb, Corinne L. D.; Gibb, Bruce C. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2003 , vol. 125, # 3 p. 650 - 651

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Abstract

The use of templation to affect the formation of one product, from a reaction milieu that could potentially form many, is an increasingly important aspect of supramolecular chemistry. 1 The synthesis of crown ethers 2 is just one example of an important class of compounds whose availability predominantly relies on (metal ion) templation. 3 However, for the synthesis of crown ethers possessing more than approximately 24 atoms in their macrocyclic chain, metal ion templation is less ...