Resorcinarenes as templates: a general strategy for the synthesis of large macrocycles.
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.
Li
Xuehe
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Department of Chemistry, University of New Orleans, Louisiana 70148, USA.
Upton
Thomas G
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Gibb
Corinne L D
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Gibb
Bruce C
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