Dizincation of a 2-substituted thiophene: constructing a cage with a [16]crown-4 zincocyclic core.
Metal detector: a bowl-shaped nanomolecule (see picture; S yellow, C gray, Zn blue) containing an unprecedented 16-atom [ZnC(3)](4) "anti-crown" ring has been unearthed by isolating a dizincated 2-substituted thiophene intermediate that would normally be hidden in tandem functionalization methodology.
WestCHEM, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.
Liam
L
Balloch
Jennifer A
JA
Garden
Alan R
AR
Kennedy
Robert E
RE
Mulvey
Toni
T
Rantanen
Stuart D
SD
Robertson
Victor
V
Snieckus
D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D008956:Models, Chemical; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D013876:Thiophenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D015032:Zinc / Q000737:chemistry*
D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D013876:Thiophenes; D015032:Zinc