Campestarenes: novel shape-persistent Schiff base macrocycles with 5-fold symmetry.
A simple 1-step procedure yields a family of easily modifiable, stable, conjugated Schiff base macrocycles with 5-fold symmetry mediated by 3-center hydrogen bonding.
Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada.
Samuel
S
Guieu
Angela K
AK
Crane
Mark J
MJ
MacLachlan