Towards a Perylene-Containing Nanohoop

Abstract

We report the synthesis of a belt-shaped macrocycle, herein referred to as a nanohoop, that contains binaphthyl moieties separated by phenyl groups.

Key words

macrocycles - arenes - biaryls - Diels–Alder reaction - cyclization

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