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Synfacts 2006(4): 0330-0330  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-932055
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Expeditive Synthesis of Rigid-Rod Oligopiperidines

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Jean Bouffard
V. Semetey, D. Moustakas, G. M. Whitesides*
Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
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24 March 2006 (online)

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Significance

Straightforward, stepwise syntheses of well-defined oligopiperidines, starting from simple building blocks have been developed for both convergent solution-phase and divergent solid-phase approaches. The resulting oligomers behave as rigid rods with high persistence lengths, even at elevated temperatures.