Diastereoselective synthesis of meso-pillar[6]arenes by bridging between hydroquinone units in an alternating up-and-down manner

Tomoki Ogoshi; Kazuki Demachi; Kae Masaki; Tada-aki Yamagishi

doi:10.1039/c3cc41592a

Diastereoselective synthesis of meso-pillar[6]arenes by bridging between hydroquinone units in an alternating up-and-down manner

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 May 11;49(38):3952-4. doi: 10.1039/c3cc41592a. Epub 2013 Apr 5.

Authors

Tomoki Ogoshi¹, Kazuki Demachi, Kae Masaki, Tada-aki Yamagishi

Affiliation

¹ Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan. ogoshi@t.kanazawa-u.ac.jp

PMID: 23558757
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc41592a

Abstract

We report the first synthesis of bridged pillararenes. Meso-form pillar[6]arenes were diastereo-selectively formed by bridging units of a per-hydroxylated pillar[6]arene in an alternating up-and-down manner with dialkyldichlorosilanes.