Transmitting information along oligo-para-phenylenes: 1,12-stereochemical control in a terphenyl tetracarboxamide.
Amide-substituted terphenyls adopt a well-defined conformation that allows the transmission of stereochemical information from a controlling centre to a reaction site 11 bond lengths away, providing a model of how extended polymeric systems might be used to communicate binary information.
Clayden
Jonathan
J
School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK M13 9PL.
Vallverdú
Lluís
L
Helliwell
Madeleine
M
D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D008958:Models, Molecular; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013730:Terphenyl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*
D013730:Terphenyl Compounds