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

Xuehe Li; Thomas G Upton; Corinne L D Gibb; Bruce C Gibb

doi:10.1021/ja029116g

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

J Am Chem Soc. 2003 Jan 22;125(3):650-1. doi: 10.1021/ja029116g.

Authors

Xuehe Li¹, Thomas G Upton, Corinne L D Gibb, Bruce C Gibb

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of New Orleans, Louisiana 70148, USA.

PMID: 12526662
DOI: 10.1021/ja029116g

Abstract

The concept that resorcinarenes can be used as templates for the synthesis of large macrocycles is introduced. By way of example, previously inaccessible, aromatic crown ethers compounds are synthesized.