Synthesis and Structure of the Nanodimensional Multicyclophane “Kuratowski Cyclophane”, an Achiral Molecule with Nonplanar <i>K</i>_3,3 Topology

Abstract

Topology is topical in supramolecular chemistry! Two new macrocyclophanes have been prepared with novel architectures and relative molecular masses in the kilodalton range. One of them, the compound below, displays the K3, 3 nonplanar molecular graph.