title: A short route for the synthesis of "sweet" macrocycles via a click-dimerization-ring-closing metathesis approach.
abstract: A facile and flexible approach for the preparation of macrocyclic molecules containing different carbohydrate moieties is presented, employing the reaction cascade: click-dimerization and ring-closing metathesis.
authors.affiliation: Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Weinberg 3, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dörner
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Westermann
mesh_terms: D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000737:chemistry; D003500:Cyclization; D019281:Dimerization; D047028:Macrocyclic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates; D047028:Macrocyclic Compounds