Nonplanar aromatic compounds. 8.1 synthesis, crystal structures, and aromaticity investigations of the 1,n-dioxa[n](2,7)pyrenophanes. How does bending affect the cyclic π-electron delocalization of the pyrene system?

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2089-2098

  Bodwell, Graham J ^a   Bridson, John N ^a   Cyrañski, Michal K ^b   Kennedy, Jason W J ^a   Krygowski, Tadeusz M ^b   Mannion, Michael R ^a   Miller, David O ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRONS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ELECTRON DELOCALIZATION;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

AROMATIC COMPOUND; DIOXANE DERIVATIVE; ISOPHTHALIC ACID; PYRENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CONTACT ANGLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; ELECTRON; MAGNETISM; SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037459761     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo0206059     Document Type: Article

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