Cucurbit[n]uril formation proceeds by step-growth cyclo-oligomerization

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 130, Issue 26, 2008, Pages 8446-8454

  Huang, Wei Hao ^a   Zavalij, Peter Y ^a   Isaacs, Lyle ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONDENSATION REACTIONS; EXPERIMENTS; FORMALDEHYDE; OLIGOMERIZATION; OLIGOMERS; POLYMERS;

ADAMANTANE DERIVATIVES; C-SHAPED; CHROMATOGRAPHIC PURIFICATION; HEXAMER; HIGH YIELD; MECHANISTIC SCHEME; N COMPOUNDS; PENTAMER; REACTION MIXTURES; RING SIZES; STEP-GROWTH; X-RAY CRYSTAL STRUCTURES;

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS;

ADAMANTANE DERIVATIVE; CARBENE; CUCURBIT[N]URIL; DIMER; FORMALDEHYDE; GLYCOL; OLIGOMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYCLOADDITION; OLIGOMERIZATION; PURIFICATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 46049105314     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja8013693     Document Type: Article

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