Synfacts 2011(12): 1309-1309  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1289392
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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The Smaller the Redder

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Ggoch Ddeul Han
T. J. Sisto, M. R. Golder, E. S. Hirst, R. Jasti*
Boston University, USA
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Publication History

Publication Date:
18 November 2011 (online)

Significance

The smallest cycloparaphenylene ([7]CPP) was synthesized via orthogonal Suzuki-Miyaura couplings and subsequent reductive aromatization.