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- Title
Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Reductive Cleavage of an Oxygen‐Containing Naphthyl Macrocycle.
- Authors
Zhou, Zheng; Pennachio, Matthew; Wei, Zheng; Heldner, Maxi L.; Petrukhina, Marina A.; Schaub, Tobias A.
- Abstract
A small macrocycle comprising ether‐bridged naphthyl units was prepared in a two‐step synthesis. Single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction of two polymorphs are reported, one of which showed multiple C−H⋅⋅⋅πnaphthyl interactions of a solvent molecule in the cavity of the macrocycle. Chemical reduction led to C−O bond cleavages accompanied by a Z/E isomerization. The resulting twofold negatively charged (E)‐1,2‐bis(2‐naphthyl)ethylene fragment was isolated as its potassium salts. Electronic characterization revealed a singlet ground state, and a marked distortion of the central ethylene unit was observed upon electron uptake.
- Subjects
CHEMICAL reduction; X-ray diffraction; POTASSIUM salts; ALKALI metals; ISOMERIZATION
- Publication
European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2023, Vol 26, Issue 14, p1
- ISSN
1434-193X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ejoc.202300168