Contractive Annulation: A Strategy for the Synthesis of Small, Strained Cyclophanes and Its Application in the Synthesis of [2](6,1)Naphthaleno[1]paracyclophane.
Sourav BiswasChristopher S QiuLouise N DaweYuming ZhaoGraham J BodwellPublished in: Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) (2019)
A new synthetic strategy (contractive annulation) for the synthesis of highly strained cyclophanes has been conceived and its viability has been demonstrated through a nine-step synthesis of [2](6,1)naphthaleno[1]paracyclophane from [2.2]paracyclophane.
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