Shape-persistent macrocycles: Structures and synthetic approaches from arylene and ethynylene building blocks

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 45, Issue 27, 2006, Pages 4416-4439

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Moore, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross coupling; Cyclooligomerization; Dynamic covalent chemistry; Metathesis; Shape persistent macrocycles

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXATION; OLIGOMERS; REACTION KINETICS; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

CROSS-COUPLING; CYCLOOLIGOMERIZATION; DYNAMIC COVALENT CHEMISTRY; METATHESIS; SHAPE-PERSISTENT MACROCYCLES;

AROMATIC POLYMERS;

EID: 33746375650     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200503988     Document Type: Review

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