title: Resorcinarenes as templates: a general strategy for the synthesis of large macrocycles.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of New Orleans, Louisiana 70148, USA.
authors.forename: Xuehe
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Thomas G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Upton
authors.forename: Corinne L D
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Gibb
authors.forename: Bruce C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Gibb