The effect of ring size on catenane synthesis

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 17, 2003, Pages 3412-3420

  Duda, Stefan ^a   Godt, Adelheid ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catenanes; Macrocycles; Template synthesis

Indexed keywords

CARBONIC ACID; CATENANE; MACROCYCLIC COMPOUND; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PRECATENANE; TOLANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; COVALENT BOND; CYCLIZATION; GEOMETRY; HYDROLYSIS; ISOMER; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0041783889     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200300232     Document Type: Article

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