Highly Flexible π??Expanded Cyclooctatetraenes: Cyclic Thiazole Tetramers with Head??to??Tail Connection

K Mouri, S Saito, S Yamaguchi

Index: Mouri, Kazuhiro; Saito, Shohei; Yamaguchi, Shigehiro Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2012 , vol. 51, # 24 p. 5971 - 5975

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Abstract

Flexible π-conjugated skeletons have been the focus of considerable interest because their dynamic molecular motions can be the basis of interesting molecule-based functions. Representative examples of dynamic π systems include the corannulenes [1] and the sumanenes,[2] which exhibit a bowl-to-bowl inversion behavior, helicene derivatives that undergo flipping,[3] twisted bay-substituted perylene bisimides,[4] and expanded ...