Scientists in Japan have developed the size-selective syntheses of the four “missing” cycloparaphenylenes (CPP) ([9], [10], [11] and [13]), which complete the sequence of [6]-[16]CPP. It is important to have access to all of the CPPs in pure form for their future applications and for ring-size effect studies. The synthesis of CPPs was only recently realised (in 2008) and these molecules could find significant utility in supramolecular chemistry and materials science.
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Size-selective synthesis of [9]-[11] and [13]cycloparaphenylenes
Y Ishii et al
Chem. Sci., 2012, DOI: 10.1039/c2sc20343j
